The High Court of Karnataka on Friday directed the State government to clarify under which provision of the law permanent licences/permissions were given to religious institutions and places of worships for using loudspeakers in perpetuity.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Ashok S. Kinagi issued the directions after it was complained to the court that the government has been issuing permanent licences to religious institutions even though there is no such provision in the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000.
