Names of Bogus voters found on electoral rolls
Bengaluru: The cybercrime police have registered a case against unknown persons for allegedly including names of bogus voters on the electoral rolls of several constituencies in the city by forging the approval of election officials.
The inclusion, which was reportedly done on January 22, came to light on April 18 when R. Munilakshmi, returning officer (RO) for the Shanthinagar Assembly constituency, was revising the approved list. Ms. Munilakshmi is in charge of enrolling voters in the revised list and is authorised to approve them in the constituency which has 197 polling booths.
“Someone illegally included the names in the approved list by forging the consent,” she has said in her complaint.
Election commission officials have deleted nearly 300 such entries.
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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.
