Ashik v. Bandula And Others País/Territorio Sri Lanka Tipo de la corte Nacional - corte superior Fecha Mar 9, 2007 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal Supreme Court Sede de la corte Columbo Juez C.J. Sarath N. Silva, J. Tiiakawardane, J. Somawansa Número de referencia [2007] LKSC 4 Idioma Inglés Materia Cuestiones jurídicas Palabra clave Manejo de tierras Normas sobre ruido Emisiones acústicas Contaminación acústica Ruido de las aeronaves Ruido de vehículos Derechos humanos Resumen In this case, the plaintiffs challenged the decision refusing the loudspeaker permit for their mosque. The application was rejected because it raised several issues of sound pollution.The plaintiffs claimed that the rejection of the loudspeaker permit was an infringement of their fundamental rights and of the freedom of religion. The defendant claimed that noise of this type was an atmospheric pollution and that there were a lot of people with other religious beliefs living in the neighbourhood.The Supreme Court considered that there was no fundamental right to make noise and that the freedom of religion could not be used to legitimate noise pollution. As a result, the Court ordered all loudspeaker permit issued for religion purpose to be cancelled, except for religious special events. Texto completo Ashik v. Bandula And Others (Noise Pollution Case).docx.pdf 4.html