Loudspeaker for Azaan not a fundamental right: Allahabad HC amid Azaan row
During the hearing, a petition filed by Irfan of Badaun district, a bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Vikas Budhwar, observed that the use of loudspeakers in the mosque is not a fundamental right.
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New Delhi, May 07: Pronouncing a major verdict amid the ongoing Loudspeaker row, Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition seeking permission for the use of loudspeakers at a mosque for azaan saying it is not a fundamental right.
During the hearing, a petition filed by Irfan of Badaun district, a bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Vikas Budhwar, observed that the use of loudspeakers in the mosque is not a fundamental right.
After hearing the arguments, the court said, "The law has now been settled that use of loudspeaker from the mosque is not a fundamental right. Even otherwise a cogent reason has been assigned in the impugned order. Accordingly, we find that the present petition is patently misconceived, hence the same is dismissed."
Petitioner Irfan moved the high court after a subdivisional magistrate had in December last year rejected his application seeking permission for playing loudspeaker/mike in a village mosque at the time of azaan.
The counsel for the petitioner submitted that the impugned order of the SDM was wholly illegal and violates the fundamental and legal rights of the petitioner to run a loudspeaker from the mosque.
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