October 14, 2015 8:55 AM

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SC to hear in open court pleas to review verdict on govt advertisements

Supreme Court has agreed to hear in open court a batch of petitions seeking review of its landmark judgement barring publication of photos of leaders in official advertisements except those of the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India.<br/><br/>A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Pinaki Chandra Ghose passed the order on Tuesday after considering the pleas of various states governments in its chamber proceedings.<br/><br/>The bench said, all the petitions seeking review of the verdict will be tagged and heard together.<br/><br/>It had on September 14th issued notice to the centre and an NGO, which had filed the original PIL, on review petitions filed by the states.<br/><br/>Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal and Assam had also moved the apex court seeking its nod to publish photographs of Chief Ministers on their advertisements.<br/><br/>Recently, the apex court had sought response from Centre as to whether it has set up a three-member ombudsman to regulate advertisements issued by various governments and<br/><br/>authorities in pursuance of its decision on the issue.

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