Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis warned on Tuesday that strict action would be taken against those violating the prescribed noise limits for loudspeakers at places of worship and if rules are not followed, the use of loudspeakers at that particular place of worship would be permanently disallowed.
K.S. Eshwarappa made a controversial remark on Azaan and asked if "Allah is deaf" that loudspeakers are required to call him.
The petition was taken up for inquiry by the division bench of the Karnataka HC headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Ashok S. Kinagi.
Earlier on Tuesday, Maharashtra Police registered a case against Thackeray over his speech at a rally held in Aurangabad on May 1. Police registered the case after seeing the viral videos of his public rally.
An association of loudspeaker and lighting equipment suppliers in Maharashtra on Friday announced that they will not supply their equipment…
