DCPs, ACPs responsible if untoward incidents occur during Ganesh Festival: DCM Parameshwar
Bengaluru: DCPs and ACPs of the respective areas will be held accountable if any untoward incident takes place during the Ganesh festival, stated Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G Parameshwar.
Speaking to media persons after chairing a review meeting of the Assistant Commissioner of Police and other higher officials in the limits of city police commissionerate, he said that the police department has already prepared and taken necessary measures to maintain law and order during the Ganesh festival. ACPs must visit the police stations of their limits in the city. Besides, ACPs have been instructed to undertake patrolling compulsorily.
“Cases have been registered against 14 people under the Goondas Act. Of these, 3 cases have been booked against drugs sellers. In the same way, chain snatchers have also been brought under the Goondas Act. Rs 31.87 crore cash and gold have been seized during the previous assembly elections. The number of crime cases has comparatively come down in the city," he said.
It has been instructed to conduct parade at least two weeks in a month to listen to the issues of police constables. The recruitment process to fill the vacancies in the police department is on," the DCM added.
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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.
