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India: Text of Supreme Court Rulings of 2000 and 2005 on Religious Noise Pollution

by sacw.net, 20 May 2015

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Two court rulings from India which raise the issue of curtailing and regulating use of loudspeakers in religious places such as temples, mosque, churches, gurudwaras and other places.

The Supreme Court in Church of God (Full Gospel) in India v. K.K.R. Majestic Colony Welfare Assn., MANU/SC/0537/2000
The Supreme Court in Forum, Prevention of Envn. and Sound Pollution Vs. Respondent: Union of India (UOI) and Anr | MANU/SC/0415/2005
Forum, Prevention of Envn. and Sound Pollution Vs. Respondent: Union of India (UOI) and Anr