Aspirants file papers even before BJP names them
Belgavi: In an interesting development, two BJP nominees — Abhay Patil and Anil Benake — filed nomination papers even before the party announced its third list of candidates, that contained their names, on Friday.
While the list was released on the party website at around 5 O’ Clock in the evening, the two had filed their nomination papers before 3 p.m., the closing time for filing nomination papers. There were two reasons for this — one, they had obtained the forms on Thursday and that they had to file nomination papers on Friday, that they considered was auspicious.
The nominees said that they were confident of getting party ticket and had received the B forms in Bengaluru on Thursday itself. In Khanapur, the party chose Maratha leader Vithal Halgekar, and not Babu Remani and in Kittur, it chose young leader Mahantesh Doddagoudar.
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Allahabad HC dismisses petition seeking permission to mount loudspeaker on mosque
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.
