August 10, 2016 9:38 PM

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Centre's panel to examine charge of wasteful expenditure on advertisements by Delhi govt: HC

The Delhi High Court today asked a three-member committee to examine the charge of wasteful expenditure on advertisements by the Delhi government. <br/><br/>The court also asked the committee constituted by the Centre to decide in a time-bound manner Congress leader Ajay Maken's representation alleging that the Arvind Kejriwal government is issuing ads in violation of the guidelines.<br/><br/>The court was hearing four PILs, including one by Mr.Maken, seeking to restrain the AAP government from airing publicity campaign and advertisements. <br/><br/>Mr.Maken, chief of Congress' unit in Delhi, has also sought a direction to restrain the Delhi government from publishing the name of the Delhi Chief Minister in any of its current or future advertisements, that are allegedly in violation of the Government Advertisement Guidelines, 2014.<br/><br/>Earlier,the three-member committee was appointed by the Centre on the Supreme Court's direction to check violation of its guidelines with regard to content in government advertising.

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