Custodial death case in Tumakuru
Tumkuru: A case of custodial death was registered in Tumakuru Town Police Station on Wednesday. Superintendent of Police Divya Gopinath said that the deceased was Mohammed Afta (39), native of Bengaluru city.
Based on information, a sub-inspector of Tumakuru Town Police Station had gone to Cholamballi village on Tuesday night where he saw a group of 15-20 persons physically assaulting three persons. The police officer dispersed the group and rescued the three persons. Mohammed Afta had a small pistol in his hand and the police recovered it from him.
All the three persons were brought to the Tumakuru Town police station. But Mohammed Afta collapsed and hence the police took him to Tumakuru district government hospital where he was declared brought dead.
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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.
