HC castigates DCP for seeking change in noise pollution law
The Hindu
Court had ordered penal action against religious places for violation of the law
The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday castigated Deputy Commissioner of Police (Intelligence) of Bengaluru city for saying that the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules enacted in 2000 needs change instead of acting as per the rules against 12 places of worship on the complaints of illegality in use of loudspeakers. The court directed the Commissioner of Police to look into the issue whether a senior police officer, DCP (Intelligence) K. Santosh Babu, can file an affidavit in the court stating the need for amending an existing rule when the police officers are under the statutory obligation to enforce the law.
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