Dharwad: Local police on Sunday evening arrested one person, reportedly affiliated with right-wing Hindutva organization Sri Rama Sene in the case pertaining to the vandalism of pushcarts of Muslim vendors near a temple in Dharwad.

The arrested person has been identified as Mahalinga Igali, a worker of Sri Rama Sene.

Earlier today, the Dharwad Rural Police had registered an FIR in the case based on a complaint filed by Nabi Saab, one of the four Muslim vendors whose pushcarts were vandalized by the fringe right-wing activists for stalling their pushcarts near the temple here.

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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.