<p>The Supreme Court Wednesday constituted a three member committee to frame guidelines to regulate issuance of advertisements by the government and its departments with an obvious political message.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said that the existing DAVP guidelines do not cover such advertisements.<br /><br />The three member committee would comprise N.R. Madhavan Menon, founder director of Bangalore's National Law University, T.K. Vishwanathan, former Lok Sabha secretary general and senior counsel Ranjit Kumar.<br /><br />The court said that I&B secretary would be coordinating and assisting the committee. The committee will submits its first report to the apex court in three months time.<br /></p>
<p>The Supreme Court Wednesday constituted a three member committee to frame guidelines to regulate issuance of advertisements by the government and its departments with an obvious political message.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said that the existing DAVP guidelines do not cover such advertisements.<br /><br />The three member committee would comprise N.R. Madhavan Menon, founder director of Bangalore's National Law University, T.K. Vishwanathan, former Lok Sabha secretary general and senior counsel Ranjit Kumar.<br /><br />The court said that I&B secretary would be coordinating and assisting the committee. The committee will submits its first report to the apex court in three months time.<br /></p>