{"id":83570,"date":"2021-01-04T10:32:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T05:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=83570"},"modified":"2021-01-04T10:32:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T05:02:04","slug":"fact-check-did-supreme-court-of-nepal-ban-loudspeaker-of-mosques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-supreme-court-of-nepal-ban-loudspeaker-of-mosques\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Nepal Supreme Court has NOT banned loudspeakers in mosques"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a claim about mosques in Nepal has been doing the rounds on social media. It alleges that Nepal&#8217;s Supreme Court banned loudspeakers in mosques. Twitter user Deepak Sharma&#8217;s tweet promoting the claim drew more than 9,500 retweets and was liked over 2,000 times at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/6D3yR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u092c \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0909\u0921\u0938\u094d\u092a\u0940\u0915\u0930 !<br \/>\n\u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u0938\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092e \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0928\u0947 \u0907\u0938\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0930\u093e\u0927 \u0915\u0940 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0923\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u0916\u093e!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deepak Sharma (@TheDeepak2020In) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDeepak2020In\/status\/1341049299321323524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A Twitter handle created in the name of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sadhvi_dr\/status\/1341051336293449737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sadhvi Prachi<\/a>, a BJP leader affiliated to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, also made a similar claim in a tweet. We found three Twitter handles claiming to be the politician&#8217;s official account. None of these is verified accounts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-83571 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image.png 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-768x415.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kalpana Shrivastava, who describes herself as a lawyer, also tweeted this claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/U6Aw0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u0947 M\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0932\u093e\u0909\u0921\u0938\u094d\u092a\u0940\u0915\u0930 \u0939\u091f\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 SC \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0940 \u092e\u0902\u091c\u0942\u0930,\u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u0932\u093e\u090a\u0921 \u0938\u094d\u092a\u0940\u0915\u0930 \u092e\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924\u0964 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092f\u093e\u0938 \u091c\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0930\u0939\u0947\u0917\u093e \u0924\u0941\u092e \u0938\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092b \u091f\u094d\u0935\u093f\u091f\u0930 \u0905\u0915\u0949\u0909\u0902\u091f \u092c\u0928\u094d\u0926 \u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u094b \u0916\u093e\u0932\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0939\u092e \u0939\u0930 \u0905\u0935\u0948\u0927 \u0938\u094d\u092a\u0940\u0915\u0930 \u0939\u091f\u0935\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093c\u093e\u0928\u0942\u0928\u0940 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u0947\u0939\u0924\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0915\u0932\u094d\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0935 (@Lawyer_Kalpana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lawyer_Kalpana\/status\/1340854778088177665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Facebook page &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hindurastrabharat1010\/posts\/209120617411956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hindu Rashtra Bharat<\/a>&#8216; posted something similar and shared a few documents.<\/p>\n<p>This claim is gathering a lot of traction on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-83570 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-supreme-court-of-nepal-ban-loudspeaker-of-mosques\/1-41\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1095\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/1.png 1095w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/1-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/1-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/1-768x408.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1095px) 100vw, 1095px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-supreme-court-of-nepal-ban-loudspeaker-of-mosques\/2-31\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1026\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/2.png 1026w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/2-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/2-1024x591.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/2-768x443.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1026px) 100vw, 1026px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-supreme-court-of-nepal-ban-loudspeaker-of-mosques\/3-27\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/3.png 865w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/3-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/3-768x516.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-supreme-court-of-nepal-ban-loudspeaker-of-mosques\/4-23\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/4.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/4-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=nepal+mosque+loudspeaker+ban&amp;sxsrf=ALeKk00QQtp_ed_2o36Vg6tLhIp61XKUaw:1609224543970&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiT7bnKzPLtAhX_zzgGHTheD0sQ_AUoAXoECAYQAw&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">could not find any media reports<\/a> to corroborate the viral claim. We also searched the <a href=\"http:\/\/supremecourt.gov.np\/web\/?ref=inbound_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supreme Court of Nepal&#8217;s website<\/a>\u00a0and found no such information there either.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-83574 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"647\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-1.png 647w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/word-image-1-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News reached out to <a href=\"http:\/\/southasiacheck.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Asia Check<\/a> editor Deepak Adhikari who said that the court&#8217;s decision has been wrongly presented. The Supreme Court of Nepal ruled to keep the volume of mosque loudspeakers low, not ban them altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Deepak Adhikari also contacted Nepal Supreme Court spokesman Bhadrakali Pokharel on our behalf. \u201cThis is a temporary stay order. The judge gave this decision while hearing on a petition. He made a decision to keep the sound of loudspeakers in mosques low. They have not banned loudspeakers. The court gave this order on November 29. The next hearing on this petition was given on December 10. The defence did not appear and the hearing was cancelled,&#8221; Pokharel informed. Adhikari told us that the matter is still in court.<\/p>\n<p>The documents shared on Facebook were from the November 29 hearing.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-83570 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-supreme-court-of-nepal-ban-loudspeaker-of-mosques\/6-16\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/6.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/6-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-supreme-court-of-nepal-ban-loudspeaker-of-mosques\/5-20\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/5.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/01\/5-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/fact-check\/story\/fact-check-supreme-court-of-nepal-has-not-criminalised-loudspeakers-in-mosques-1752499-2020-12-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Today<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhaskar.com\/no-fake-news\/news\/loudspeaker-banned-in-nepal-mosques-128046802.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dainik Bhaskar<\/a> have also published fact-check reports on the viral claim.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the Supreme Court of Nepal had decided to lower the volume of mosque loudspeakers. The matter which is still in court was altered on Indian social media. False claims suggested that the Nepalese Supreme Court banned loudspeakers in mosques.<\/p>\n<p>[Note: This article will be updated as the case progresses in court.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a claim about mosques in Nepal has been doing the rounds on social media. It alleges that Nepal&#8217;s Supreme Court banned loudspeakers in mosques. Twitter user Deepak Sharma&#8217;s tweet promoting the claim drew more than 9,500 retweets and was liked over 2,000 times at the time of writing. 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