The Allahabad High Court on Friday quashed such orders in its ruling on the administration's ban on giving azan from mosques. The High Court said that giving azan in mosques does not violate the lockdown, however, azan can be given through loudspeakers from the same mosque for which its written permission has been obtained and noise pollution regulations are also taken care of. ۔
The High Court said that the call to prayer is a matter related to religious freedom, however, giving the call to prayer through a loudspeaker is not a mandatory part of Islam. Giving a loud call to prayer from any mosque through a loudspeaker is tantamount to interfering in the rights of other people.
It is to be noted that the district magistrate of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh had issued oral orders banning the call to prayer from mosques. BSP MP Afzal Ansari had filed a petition against it in the Allahabad High Court. Similar orders were subsequently issued by the district magistrates of Farrukhabad and Hathras.
Apart from BSP MP Afzal Ansari, Syed Wasim Qadri had also filed a petition in the matter. Meanwhile, Congress leader Salman Khurshid had also approached the High Court against the ban on adhan in Farrukhabad. A division bench of Justice Shashi Kant Gupta and Justice Ajit Kumar passed the order.
The matter was discussed by Additional Advocate General Manish Goel on behalf of the government while Syed Safdar Ali Kazmi spoke on behalf of the petitioners.
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