A Bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said that substantive
guidelines are needed to regulate such advertisements at the cost of
public exchequer and constituted a four—member committee comprising
former Director of National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, N R Madhava Menon,
former Lok Sabha Secretary T K Viswanathan, senior advocate Ranjit
Kumar and the Secretary of Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
The apex court asked the committee to submit its report within three months.
The court passed the order on a PIL filed by NGOs, Common Cause and
Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) pleading with it to frame
guildelines.
The petition has sought issuance of guidelines for curbing ruling
parties from taking political mileage by projecting their leaders in
official advertisements
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