Jammu: The Jammu Municipal Corporation on Tuesday passed a resolution for the removal of loudspeakers and public address systems operating without permission from religious and public places, evoking criticism from the rival Congress. Narotam Sharma, corporator of Ward 3, introduced a resolution in the House meeting of JMC seeking directions to the district magistrate to remove loudspeakers and public address …
The Bombay High Court has agreed to hear a 2018 contempt petition for non-compliance of orders regarding "illegal loudspeakers" at religious places against the former Additional Chief Secretary and other high ranking police officers in the state. In a judgement delivered in August 2016, a bench led by then Bombay High Court judge Justice Abhay Oka passed orders in a …