Dear All,
The following appeared in "Times of India", Mumbai Edition on December 08,2008, page no. 12.
May be useful for future references.
Keep Smiling ... HemantAgarwal
Sleep is citizen’s basic right, says SC
New Delhi: Holding that “sleep’’ is a basic necessity and biological need of life, the Supreme Court has upheld a Maharashtra government order to deny permission for the conduct of music functions or cultural programmes at venues that are within 100 metres of educational institutions and hospitals.
A bench upheld the validity of the government order denying permission to Farhd K Wadia, chief executive officer of Power Productions, a leading audio studio in Mumbai, for conducting a music event at an open air auditorium near a school.
The permission was denied by the authorities on the grounds that the venue was located within 100 metres of the school and a hospital. “Interference by the court in respect of noise pollution is premised on the basis that a citizen has certain rights being ‘necessity of silence’, ‘necessity of sleep’, ‘process during sleep’ and ‘rest’, which are biological necessities and essential for health. Silence is considered to be one of the human rights,” it observed. AGENCIES
