Jammu: Noted Bollywood film director and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra on Friday called on S.P. Vaid, the Jammu and Kashmir Police chief, who requested the filmmaker to highlight the sacrifices made by local policemen while fighting militancy.
The Bollywood filmmaker is currently shooting a movie on the plight of Kashmiri Pandit community.
A police statement said on Friday: "Chopra who is shooting his film in the state visited the police headquarters in Jammu today. He called on DGP S.P. Vaid and interacted with senior officers."
The DGP requested Chopra to help in projecting the contribution and sacrifices of J&K Police through his medium of art to the people of the country and abroad, it said.
"The filmmaker assured that all assistance will be provided in highlighting the services of the J&K Police to the nation."
During the interaction various suggestions regarding the projection of the role of J&K Police in the service of nation were discussed, the statement added.
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Prayagraj, Jan 24 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.
The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right.
Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, observed, "Religious places are for offering prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers cannot be claimed as a matter of right, particularly when often such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents".
At the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.
The court also noted that the petitioner did not have locus to file the writ petition.
The term 'locus' is a legal concept that refers to the right of a person or entity to participate in a legal proceeding or bring a lawsuit.