Music to go on into the night

October 6, 2010 12:00 pm

Supreme Court today decided to relax restrictions on the use of loudspeakers. Accordingly Friday and Saturday evening shows will be allowed to use loudspeakers until 1am the next day and Sunday evening shows will be allowed to use loudspeakers until 12.30am the next day.

This decision was given when a case filed by a group of musicians seeking the court to relax the ban issued on loudspeaker use for outdoor musical shows.

Earlier the SC had barred the use of loudspeakers from 10pm to 6am. The group of musicians in their application had stated that this decision had adversely affected their livelihoods. The Court summed that since Sri Lanka is in a post war atmostphere, people should be allowed to savour the freedom.

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