The High Court in Madras 1.
While he listened to a petition submitted by MEP AIADMK C.E Shanmugam, Chief Judge Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan said that the Supreme Court in the State of Karnataka v. Co -Cause and others, he clearly stated that the publication of photography of the existing Minister was allowed; However, the use of photographs of ideological leaders or former main ministers was Prima facie against the commands of the peak.
“Therefore, we tend to pass the provisional order to start and operate government social programs through various ads, the name of any living personality, photographs of any former minister/ideological leaders or party badges/symptom of opponents 4,” the court quoted.
What was the petition of AIADMK MP C.E Shanmugam looking for?
Shanmugam tried to ban the Pravid Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party to use the name of the CM MK Stalin for his Mudhalvarin Mugavari, the public prosecution of the Redus initiated by the DMK government. A request for a provisional court order has also been submitted to temporarily prevent DMK to initiate or rename any government systems using the name of any living person until the court makes a final decision on the case.
The bench further noted that the names of political leaders are not allowed in the titles of government programs. It also stressed that using the name of any ruling political party goes against the instructions issued by the Supreme Court and the Indian Election Commission.
The head of the lawyer Vijay Narayan, representing Shanmugam, claimed that the public field program, which is funded by public money, incorporated the name of the main minister in its name and depicted images of some political leaders DMK. He argued that this practice violated several decisions of the Supreme Court as well as instructions for government advertising (content regulation), 2024.
Attorney General PS Raman opposed the petition and said he lacks clear accusations and was based on prints that were not official governmental publications. The general advocate assured the court that the government did not use pictures of political leaders or the sign/logo of any political parties.
The head of the lawyer P Wilson, who appeared for DMK, claimed that the petition was politically motivated. The petitioner is a member of the Parliament from the opposition party, which aims to harm the reputation of popular leaders of DMK.
The court explained that government programs of social care must not display pictures of former main ministers or ideological leaders. It also stated that the government was not adopted to stop the start, implementing or functioning of any social security system. In addition, the Court noted that the pendant of the petition would not prevent the Indian Election Commission (ECI) to initiate proceedings on the basis of complaints filed by the petitioner.
(Tagstotranslate) Madhya Pradesh HC (T) Government Social Ads
