The Gujarat High Co🅠urt has sought the state government’s reply on a public interest litigation (PI✅L) seeking a ban on the use of loudspeakers for reciting ‘azaan’ (call to prayer) in mosques.
A div⛎ision bench of Acting Chief Justice A J Desai and Justice Biren Vaishnav on Monday allowed Shaktisinh Zala, a Bajrang Dal leader, to join the PIL after the original petitioner Dharmendra Prajapati soug﷽ht to withdraw it citing threats.
Zala's lawyer urged t♛he court to allow him to join the litigation in the absence of the original petitioner. The court listed the matter on April 12 while directing the government to file a reply.
The PIL has sought a ban on the use of loudspeakers for ‘azaan’ at mosques in Gujarat claiming that they add to noise pollution and violate the fundamental rights of citizens.The petitioner said a muezzin at a mosque 🐎in his neighbourhood uses a loudspeaker to recite ‘azaan’ five times a day, causing “great inconvenience”.
