Vijayapura: Three youngsters traveling in a car died on the spot and two others were injured in an accident where the car toppled on the road after hitting a tree beside the National Highway 50 stretch near Kannala Cross in the taluk.

The victims of the accidents are identified as Abhishek Sawant (23), Vijaykumar Aurangabad (24) and Raju Biradar (23). The two others injured in the accident are being treated in hospital.

The group of five had reportedly traveled to Solapur in the car and was returning home, when the accident occurred. The car is learned to have hit the roadside tree and toppled on the road as the driver lost control over the vehicle on the stretch.

Vijayapura Rural Police Station paid a visit to the accident site for an inspection.

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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.