Karimganj (Assam) [India], October 12 (ANI): Police seized a large quantity of contraband drugs and apprehended two drug peddlers in Assam's Karimganj district on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.
Prayagraj Feb 19 PTI The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea for starting contempt proceedings against the Rampur DM and SP for allegedly ignoring a 2015 court order on noise pollution due to the use of loudspeakers by temples and mosques among others A bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal dismissed the plea saying the time of filing of it indicates that it is a sponsored litigation to affect the communal harmony in Uttar Pradesh amid the state assembly elections Junking the plea early this week on Tuesday the bench said The timing of the contempt application is when the state is going through the assembly elections and it seems that the present application is a sponsored litigation to affect the communal harmony of the state keeping in mind the state elections This court finds that no case of indulgence is made out as the court cannot be a party to such action of any individual which tries to destabilise the communal harmony of the state the court ruled The petition to initiate the contempt proceeding against Rampur District Magistrate Rabindra Kumar Mander and the district police superintendent was filed by Rampur resident Islamuddin who had accused the two officers of wilfully disobeying the high courts order on public interest litigation on April 15 2015 The court in its order had directed the district administration of Rampur and the Regional Pollution Control Board RPCB to ensure that there is no noise pollution by the use of loudspeakers or any other device causing noise pollution beyond the prescribed standard in the Noise Pollution Regulation and Control Rules 2000 In his petition Islamuddin said some people began using loudspeakers in temples and mosques in 2021 leading to noise pollution In his petition Islamuddin said he was moving the court seeking compliance of its April 2015 order and to punish the authorities concerned which disobeyed the courts order PTI CORR RAJ RAX RAX
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