The Supreme Court’s guidelines on noise pollution prohibit the use of loudspeakers at places located within 100m of a hospital, school, court, or a religious place. A division bench of the high court was hearing a petition filed by a residential society in the central suburb of Vikhroli. The residents said they had been organising Navratri celebrations in the basement of their society building for years after seeking the local police’s permission. They said they use loudspeakers inside the enclosed space without any other sound-amplifying devices and none of their neighbours have ever complained . Even if one resident of a nearby building or the petitioner’s building complains about disturbance, the petitioners will have to stop using loudspeakers,” said the court

Source: Hindustan Times October 01, 2016 17:03 UTC