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Time of India
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Bombay high court seeks police reply after five mosques file petition against action on loudspeakers
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday issued notice to the state and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board on a petition filed by five mosques against police crackdown on loudspeakers. Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Milind Sathaye directed that the police authorities file a reply along with relevant records and posted the next hearing for July 9. Senior advocate Yusuf Muchhala and advocate Mubin Solkar, representing the petitioners, argued that action was being taken only against mosques. The petitions, filed through authorised representatives, expressed concern that worshippers were being affected by the police, who were allegedly targeting masjids, dargahs, and other places of worship within the Muslim community across Mumbai. Notices regarding alleged violations of the Noise Pollution Rules, 2000, were issued without providing specifics of the date and time of the alleged violations or the measurement of decibels at the time. You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai These notices were used as a basis for follow-up actions, such as imposing arbitrary fines, terminating existing licences, refusing to renew licences, and forcibly seizing or removing loudspeakers. The petition claimed that the police department was acting under the influence of vested political interests by issuing such arbitrary notices. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo The petition stated that the azaan is an important part of Islam and that the use of loudspeakers to call people for prayer is a necessity in Mumbai. It argued that this practice cannot be curtailed when performed within the prescribed limits of the rules, as it would violate the fundamental rights of Muslims. The petition urged the HC to set aside the notices and restrain the police authorities from taking coercive action against the petitioners and their trustees, managers, or mutawalli, including the removal of loudspeakers without following the procedure prescribed by law. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Doctor's Day 2025 , messages and quotes!
Time of India
27-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
‘Out of syllabus' questions: HC asks MPSC to share expert view
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) to submit the expert opinion obtained by it regarding allegedly outside the syllabus questions asked in an April 2018 departmental examination. "In our view, it would be necessary to consider the opinion expressed by the expert relied upon by the MPSC. Prima facie, we do not find any justification for depriving the candidates of the opinion expressed by the expert," said Justices A S Chandurkar and Milind Sathaye in Tuesday's order. The HC order came on the MPSC's petitinon challenging the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal's Nov 2022 judgment. The exams for the post of assistant accounts officer were held in April 2018, and results were declared in Oct 2019. Candidates complained that the questions in a paper were beyond the syllabus, affecting their performance. MPSC claimed the questions were within the syllabus. Further, according to the opinion of an expert, they were valid. MAT held that the three questions were beyond the prescribed syllabus. While declining the candidates' prayer for full marks for these questions, it directed MPSC to allot marks in a manner indicated in its judgment. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với mức chênh lệch giá thấp nhất IC Markets Đăng ký Undo MPSC moved HC stating that MAT could not have disregarded the expert's opinion. The candidates also challenged a part of the judgment which denied further relief despite MAT recording a finding that the questions were out of syllabus. The expert's opinion was not revealed to them before MAT. The HC judges noted that MPSC relied on an expert's opinion to substantiate its stand and furnished it to MAT in a sealed envelope. MPSC's reply before MAT stated that, according to the expert's opinion, the questions are related to the Bombay Civil Services Rules and the day-to-day important working of the govt and are in accordance with the syllabus. The judges said the issue of whether the questions "were out of syllabus or not goes to the root of the matter" and "much would therefore depend upon the opinion expressed by the expert." "The tribunal has considered the opinion but has thereafter disregarded the same," they added. Hence, before proceeding with the hearing, the judges deemed it appropriate to direct MPSC to place on record the opinion. It would enable the court to consider whether the tribunal was justified in concluding that the questions were out of syllabus, the judge said. "Similarly, the candidates would also have an opportunity to contest the opinion of the expert in support of their stand that the said questions were indeed out of syllabus," they concluded.
