HC orders action on misuse of loudspeakers

The High Court on Wednesday directed the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and the police to initiate action against religious institutions using loudspeakers in violation of norms.

Hearing a PIL, a division bench comprising acting Chief Justice S K Mukherjee and Justice B V Nagarathna directed the police to ensure that religious institutions including temples and mosques did not indulge in noise pollution by using loudspeakers.

The petitioner has contended a few temples and mosques in Prashanthnagar, Govindarajnagar, Indiranagar and Banashankari use loudspeakers and the religious institutions might have not even obtained licence to use loudspeakers.