Awaaz Foundation
74, New Silver Home,
New Kantwadi Road,
Bandra (West)
Mumbai 400 050
Tel: 982 15 20805
Email: sumairaabdulali@yahoo.com

20th December 2005

Mr A N Roy,
Commissioner of Police
Crawford Market,
Mumbai.

Dear Mr Roy,

Subject: Violation of Supreme Court Order on Noise
Pollution by the law enforcement authority

I was distressed to note that Noise Rules and Supreme
Court Orders were violated both for decibel levels and
time limits at a Police function on 18th December at
which you were personally present.

Many persons who were restrained from breaking the law
with respect to Noise Pollution after the Supreme
Court passed it's recent Order would be aggrieved by
the unfairness of this and future effectiveness of the
Police would certainly be affected. It would be
appropriate and would help to restore public
confidence in the law enforcement mechanism to impose
maximum penalties under the Environment Protection
Act, (which amount to Rs 1 lakh and 5 years jail term)
to the organizer of the function. It is important for
the public to perceive that such breaches,
particularly when perpetrated by the law enforcement
authority against the law and against the directions
of a Supreme Court ruling will not be tolerated.

I request that, in the interest of public
accountability, the process by which a case was
registered against the offenders and fines imposed be
made known to us.

I also request that maximum fines be imposed as
prescribed under the provisions of the Environment
Protection Act for breach of Noise Rules on 18th
December.

With regards.

Yours sincerely,

Sumaira Abdulali