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Now Governors, CMs, mantris can feature in govt ads
The Supreme Court on Friday permitted the use of photographs of Governors, Chief Ministers, Union and state ministers in government advertisements, modifying an earlier order that restricted the use of photographs to only three top dignitaries.
​New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday permitted the use of photographs of Governors, Chief Ministers, Union and state ministers in government advertisements, modifying an earlier order that restricted the use of photographs to only three top dignitaries.
A bench comprising justices Ranjan Gogoi and Pinaki Chandra Ghose changed its own May 2015 ruling to expand the list of leaders who can be featured in government-funded advertisements in print and electronic media.The earlier ruling allowed the photographs of the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
The Friday ruling also allowed photographs of Cabinet ministers at the Centre and state in some instances. “In lieu of the photographs of the Prime Minister, the photograph of the departmental (Cabinet) minister of the concerned ministry may be published, if so desired. The same shall apply in the states,” the bench said on Friday.
The court’s guidelines came after two non-profits Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) and Common Cause moved the court against wasteful government expenditure on advertising. Assam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, along with the Central government, had approached the top court seeking a review of this judgement.
CPIL had also sought a review of the court’s judgement to exclude the photograph of the PM as those advertisements “partially defeated” the entire objective of the court’s orders. The states had sought parity in view of the federal nature of India, which puts state Chief Minister and Governor at the same position as the prime minister and president of the country.
