HC dubs Karnataka police chief’s statement on noise meters ‘ridiculous’

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday described as “ridiculous” the declare of the Director-General and Inspector General of Police that 143 noise meters had been sufficient for your complete State as there have been solely 143 Deputy Superintendents of Police/Assistant Commissioners of Police authorised to take motion beneath the provisions of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000.

Pointing out that Dy. SPs/ACPs have jurisdiction over a number of police stations, the courtroom stated it was under no circumstances sensible to have noise meters based mostly on the variety of such officers when for Bengaluru metropolis itself greater than 100 noise meters had been stated to have been procured.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj handed the order whereas listening to PIL petitions, via which the courtroom is monitoring the enforcement of the provisions of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules.

As it was identified that there have been discrepancies within the variety of noise meters procured by the authorities, the Bench directed the DG&IGP to file an affidavit stating the variety of noise meters procured and to additionally submit a sensible estimation of the variety of noise meters required for your complete State for efficient enforcement of the principles.