Bhubaneswar, Sept. 22 -- The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to frame within six weeks guidelines regulating the use of DJs, sound systems and musical instruments, amid a challenge to restrictions imposed on DJ use in Jagatsinghpur district.
A bench headed by Justice R K Pattanaik issued the direction on Monday while hearing a petition filed by the Jagannath Tent Light and Sound Owners' Association challenging the September 15 order of the Jagatsinghpur administration restricting DJ use.
Additional Government Advocate Sarbeswar Behera defended the restrictions, submitting that the loud and jarring sound generated by DJs causes inconvenience to elderly and sick persons.
The petitioners, however, contended that DJs and ...