Government advertisements issue: SC forms three member panels

In a bid to frame guidelines to regulate issuance of advertisements by the government and its departments with an obvious political message, the Supreme Court has decided to constitute a three member committee.

The decision in this regards comes after the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said that the existing DAVP guidelines do not cover such advertisements.

The three member committee would comprise N.R. Madhavan Menon, founder director of Bangalore's National Law University, T.K. Vishwanathan, former Lok Sabha secretary general and senior counsel Ranjit Kumar.

The court said that I and B secretary would be coordinating and assisting the committee. The committee will submits its first report to the apex court in three months'time.

It is noted that it has created so much hue and cry over the issue by the opposition for the issue.

(With inputs from IANS)