On 16-10-2025, following order was passed.

Heard.

2. The petitioner has approached this Court with following substantive prayer :

“1. Issue an appropriate direction to the respondent no.2 and 3 to restore use of loudspeaker in petitioner mosque, in interest of justice;”

3. The petitioner is relying upon judgment passed by Coordinate Bench of this Court in Writ Petition No.4729/2021, to contend that within permissible decibel, loudspeaker could be played.

4. We have gone through the judgment wherein certain directions were given to the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, indicating the action to be taken by police upon complaints received about the noise pollution.

5. The moot question, according to us, however is whether for practicing religion, installation of loudspeaker is mandatory? Or, for that purpose, the religious institutions like the petitioner can, as of a right, seek relief of installation of loudspeaker?

6. The petitioner shall accordingly place on record any legal document that permits the petitioner to install loudspeaker as of right to practice religion.

7. Issue notice to the respondents, returnable in four weeks.

8. Learned A.P.P. waives service of notice for respondents.”

Thus