Karnataka government issues order on use of loudspeakers at religious places
Bengaluru: Karnataka Government on Tuesday issued fresh orders on the installation and usage of loudspeakers at religious places across the state amidst the controversy that has gripped the state over the last few weeks.
The order was issued after CM Bommai held a meeting with top officials of the police department, Law Department, and Home Department regarding the matter.
The order stated that Karnataka Government Order dated 12.8.2002 will be strictly implemented henceforth and all the users of loudspeakers or public address systems shall obtain written permission from the Designated Authority within 15 days.
“Those who don’t obtain should voluntarily remove or should be removed by the Designated Authority.” the order added.
“A committee shall be formed at different levels to decide the application for the loudspeaker, public address system. The following committees shall decide the permission to be given.
“In all Police Commissionerate areas – Assistant Commissioner of Police, Jurisdictional Executive Engineer of the City Corporation, and a representative of Pollution Control Board.
“In all other areas, DySP, the jurisdictional Tehsildar, and a representative of Pollution Control Board.” the order said.
All the premises using loudspeakers and public address system should follow the regulations of the order and obtain written permission from the authorities and the order should be implemented with immediate effect, it stated.
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HC quashes criminal proceedings against Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi in drugs abuse case
Bengaluru, Jan 14: The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings against Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi in a drug case, saying the prosecution could not substantiate the charges with material evidence.
The bench of Justice Hemant Chandanagoudar also quashed the proceedings against the co-accused Prashant Ranka.
It said, "However, to substantiate the charges against the petitioners, the prosecution has not produced any material evidence to prove that the petitioners organized parties or sold drugs, apart from the voluntary statements of the co-accused and chargesheet witnesses."
"Therefore, the continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioners will be an abuse of the legal process of law,” Justice Chandanagoudar observed.
Ragini was among the many celebrities from the Kannada film industry arrested in September 2020.
A case was registered against her at the Cottonpet police station based on a statement by a co-accused B K Ravishankar on September 4, 2020.
