The Supreme Court has cleared the way for DJs to dance to the tune of DJs again at wedding ceremonies in Uttar Pradesh. The apex court has stayed the order of the Allahabad High Court, which completely banned DJ playing inside the state.
At the same time, the Supreme Court has also given relief to the professionals who earn a livelihood by running a disc jockey (DJ) in marriage or other ceremonies. The court ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to allow these people to play DJs just before the start of the matrimonial season.
Please tell that on 20 August, the Allahabad High Court had banned the running of DJs in the state in view of noise pollution. The court said that the sound emanating from a DJ is a serious threat to people's health, especially for children. The High Court had said that even if the DJ is played in minimum voice, it exceeds the permitted decibel range fixed under the rule.
A petition was filed against this by Vikas Tomar and others. The petitioners said that since the High Court order, the state government has not been taking any action on their behalf seeking applications for playing DJs at weddings.
Describing the High Court order as a violation of Article 16 of the Constitution, he called for his unemployment. The petitioners have filed a petition in the Supreme Court stating that they are involved in the business of providing DJ service in special ceremonies including marriage.
The petitioners presented their views before the bench of Justice YU Lalit and Justice Vineet Sharan in the apex court.
Both told the bench that on August 20, the High Court passed the order while hearing a general petition instead of a PIL. In that petition a complaint was made about a particular area only. The bench ordered the UP government to consider the petitioners' application and allow them to play DJs. Also, the next hearing of the case has been fixed on 16 December.
On October 14, a bench of the Supreme Court also stayed the order of the High Court on the petition of some people. At the same time, the state government was issued notice and sought reply. However, the bench had made it clear that the order was confined to these petitioners only.
The apex court bench also took cognizance of this order on Wednesday and asked the DJ operators to issue orders for interim relief only on the basis of no response from the state government.
(Report of Dharmendra Gupta Advocate)
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