Kolkata: The controversy regarding removal of loudspeakers from mosques in West Bengal has now reached the Calcutta High Court. A PIL has so-called that police officers are pressuring the management of mosques and other religious places in several districts to remove loudspeakers. The petitioner has personal that loudspeakers have been removed from well-nigh 4,000 mosques. However, the state government has sought time to respond to these allegations and the magistrate has not issued any interim order at this time. The next hearing of the specimen will be on August 18.
What is the recrimination of removing loudspeakers from mosques?
It has been so-called in the petition that in many parts of West Bengal including Hooghly, the police verbally instructed the operators of religious places to remove loudspeakers. The petitioner says that no written order, notification or official circular was issued for this. It is moreover so-called in the petition that the police put pressure on religious institutions to take whoopee without checking the prescribed standards of noise pollution.
Where did the icon of 4000 mosques come from?
During the hearing, senior well-wisher Kalyan Banerjee personal surpassing the magistrate that loudspeakers installed for Azaan have been removed from well-nigh 4,000 mosques. The magistrate questioned the understructure of this icon and asked what the solid understructure is for such a huge requirement in the petition. On this, it was said on behalf of the petitioner that this number is related to a statement given by the senior minister in the Assembly.
What did the High Magistrate ask from the state government?
A semester seat of Acting Senior Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Aturup Banerjee sought information from the West Bengal government on this unshortened matter. The magistrate asked the state well-wisher unstipulated whether any such whoopee had unquestionably been taken by the police or the government. The well-wisher general, on behalf of the state government, sought time to take instructions on the matter. The magistrate then decided to proceed with the hearing.
What did the state government say on the allegations?
Questions were raised on the allegations made in the petition by the government. The state's counsel said that the name of any mosque has not been mentioned in the petition where the police removed the loudspeaker. It was moreover asked that if the police had given such instructions then why was no complaint made by the Imam or the management of the concerned mosque. The government moreover demanded the magistrate dismiss the petition.
What treatise did Kalyan Banerjee requite in the court?
Senior well-wisher and TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee, seeming for the petitioner, said that the use of loudspeakers can be controlled as per the prescribed noise limit and rules, but verbal instructions cannot be given for their well-constructed removal. He demanded from the magistrate that the use of loudspeakers should protract to be unliable at religious places as per the rules.
Is the matter limited only to loudspeakers of mosques?
Amidst the controversy, the state government has moreover said that police whoopee is not limited to any one religion or community. According to information quoting Senior Minister Suvendu Adhikari, loudspeakers used at religious places are stuff checked on the understructure of prescribed standards of noise pollution. The government says the purpose of the whoopee is to ensure compliance with the rules.
What visualization has the magistrate given at present?
The High Magistrate has not yet given any interim order banning the removal of loudspeakers. The magistrate said that first it is necessary to present the state government's side and touchable facts related to the allegations. The next hearing of the specimen will be on August 18. The government is expected to requite detailed information regarding the police whoopee on that day.
