HC disposes college lecturer's plea after govt assures action on claim about harassment to join RSS
Jabalpur, Jan 24 (PTI): The Madhya Pradesh High Court has disposed of a lecturer's petition alleging that the authorities of a government college were forcing him to join the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) after the state government assured to look into the matter.
The petitioner, a guest faculty at a government college in Majhauli in Sidhi district, claimed that the institution's authorities were forcing him to join the outfit.
A single bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal on Wednesday disposed of the plea without commenting on the merits of the petitioner's claim.
The bench said the state government's advocate, VS Choudhary, submitted that he would direct the superintendent of police (SP), Sidhi, to look into the petitioner's complaints, get them examined, and if there is any real threat perception, will direct the SP to mitigate the same within seven days from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order.
It said the petitioner stated that he is working as a guest faculty (commerce) at the Government Arts and Commerce College at Majhauli and was prescribed by the college authorities to join activities of the RSS.
The bench said the petitioner's counsel submitted that the ideology of the RSS was not in sync with the petitioner's ideology, and he was beaten and threatened when he refused to comply with them.
"He (the petitioner) has already made complaints to the SP and the concerned town inspector, but no action is taken on these complaints," the order noted.
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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.
