SC quashes Allahabad HC order imposing blanket ban on DJ operators in Uttar Pradesh

The apex court quashed the 2019 order of Allahabad High Court imposing a blanket ban on operation of DJ services. 

New Delhi: Coming to the rescue of thousands of DJ operators in Uttar Pradesh who perform at weddings and birthday parties to earn livelihood, the Supreme Court on Thursday quashed a direction of the Allahabad High Court imposing a blanket ban on operation of DJ services. The high court ought not have passed the direction without hearing the affected parties, the apex court said. A bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari said the scope of the writ petition cannot be widened like this by the high court without any pleading or prayer for the state.