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Hearing the Patanjali Ayurved misleading ads case, the Supreme Court has asked the government why it omitted Rule 170 from the Drugs and Magical Remedies Act, or DMR, which prohibits advertising of medicines as products with "magical" abilities.

Patanjali Ads Case: A furious Supreme Court on Wednesday ripped into the Uttarakhand government's drug licencing authority, demanding to know why and how it failed to act against misleading ads floated by Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved.

The Supreme Court Wednesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over disbursal of ex-gratia compensation for COVID-19 deaths and said it should give advertisements in all local newspapers in each district.

The Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and Twitter India on a plea seeking a mechanism for regulating content and advertisements spreading hatred through fake news and instigative messages via bogus accounts.

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, urging him to ensure that the state government's advertisements carry Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photographs in keeping with the Supreme Court orders.

The government has been asked by the Supreme Court to respond to a plea alleging 15,820 persons have suffered due to faulty hip implants supplied by a multinational company. The petition filed by a victim's family sought directions to the centre to advertise across India about the recall of the faulty implants; trace affected patients; and tough ac...

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and six states on a plea by an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmaker, alleging that advertisements are being issued at government expanses for political purposes to benefit the ruling party.

The Supreme Court today sought responses from the centre, six state governments and the BJP on a plea which has alleged that they have violated the top court's directions on issuance of public advertisements.

Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party has to pay a hefty 97 crores for spending public money on advertisements that project the party and its chief Arvind Kejriwal,in violation of the guidelines of the Supreme Court.

The Delhi High Court today asked a three-member committee appointed on the Supreme Court's direction to check violation of its guidelines with regard to content in government advertising, to examine the charge of wasteful expenditure on advertisements by the Delhi government.

Pictures of Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and State Ministers can now appear in government advertisements with the Supreme Court today modifying its earlier order and allowing their publication.

It is for the executive, and not the judiciary, to decide which politician's photo appears in advertisements, and the order banning politicians from appearing in government ads interferes with the common man's right to information, the Centre told the Supreme Court today.

The Delhi government's latest advertisement on 'odd-even' scheme featuring Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in 'mufflerman' avatar, was today pilloried by the BJP and Congress for having "blatantly circumvented" the Supreme Court guidelines and violated the "spirit of law".

The Centre today joined hands with the state governments in seeking review of the Supreme Court's landmark judgement barring the publication of photos of leaders in official advertisements except those of President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India.

The Centre on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it was in the process of forming a committee to oversee release of advertisements by governments and their agencies as per Supreme Court direction.

Hearing the Patanjali Ayurved misleading ads case, the Supreme Court has asked the government why it omitted Rule 170 from the Drugs and Magical Remedies Act, or DMR, which prohibits advertising of medicines as products with "magical" abilities.

Patanjali Ads Case: A furious Supreme Court on Wednesday ripped into the Uttarakhand government's drug licencing authority, demanding to know why and how it failed to act against misleading ads floated by Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved.

The Supreme Court Wednesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over disbursal of ex-gratia compensation for COVID-19 deaths and said it should give advertisements in all local newspapers in each district.

The Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and Twitter India on a plea seeking a mechanism for regulating content and advertisements spreading hatred through fake news and instigative messages via bogus accounts.

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, urging him to ensure that the state government's advertisements carry Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photographs in keeping with the Supreme Court orders.

The government has been asked by the Supreme Court to respond to a plea alleging 15,820 persons have suffered due to faulty hip implants supplied by a multinational company. The petition filed by a victim's family sought directions to the centre to advertise across India about the recall of the faulty implants; trace affected patients; and tough ac...

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and six states on a plea by an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmaker, alleging that advertisements are being issued at government expanses for political purposes to benefit the ruling party.

The Supreme Court today sought responses from the centre, six state governments and the BJP on a plea which has alleged that they have violated the top court's directions on issuance of public advertisements.

Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party has to pay a hefty 97 crores for spending public money on advertisements that project the party and its chief Arvind Kejriwal,in violation of the guidelines of the Supreme Court.

The Delhi High Court today asked a three-member committee appointed on the Supreme Court's direction to check violation of its guidelines with regard to content in government advertising, to examine the charge of wasteful expenditure on advertisements by the Delhi government.

Pictures of Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and State Ministers can now appear in government advertisements with the Supreme Court today modifying its earlier order and allowing their publication.

It is for the executive, and not the judiciary, to decide which politician's photo appears in advertisements, and the order banning politicians from appearing in government ads interferes with the common man's right to information, the Centre told the Supreme Court today.

The Delhi government's latest advertisement on 'odd-even' scheme featuring Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in 'mufflerman' avatar, was today pilloried by the BJP and Congress for having "blatantly circumvented" the Supreme Court guidelines and violated the "spirit of law".

The Centre today joined hands with the state governments in seeking review of the Supreme Court's landmark judgement barring the publication of photos of leaders in official advertisements except those of President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India.

The Centre on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it was in the process of forming a committee to oversee release of advertisements by governments and their agencies as per Supreme Court direction.