Sonu Nigam’s tweet has brought up the debate over the use of loudspeakers in religious places once again.

In 2015, the Bombay High Court had ordered that loudspeakers be removed from mosques that do not have permissions in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, after a PIL was filed on the issue. A division bench of Justices VM Kanade and P D Kode, had said that - unauthorised loudspeakers, whether they were used in mosques, Ganeshotsav or any festival, were illegal and must be apprehended as they cause noise pollution.

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