The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL for framing guidelines to regulate advertisements given by the government to project its achievements, saying that election is round the corner and the timing is not appropriate to hear such a plea.
A bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam asked petitioner Kochouspeh Chittilappilly, who alleged that governments spend crores of rupees in advertisements to project the ruling party and its leaders at the cost of public exchequer, to approach the court after the general election.
“You are right but the timing is wrong. Take a chance after the election. We cannot hear the plea at this stage,” the bench said.
It also questioned the petitioner as to why he had approached the court at the “eleventh hour”.
Mr. Chittilappilly alleged that in government advertisements, names of political parties and pictures of political leaders were published, and they had to be regulated.
