Apex Court declines to entertain a PIL seeking framing of guidelines to regulate Government advertisements; asks the petitioner to approach it after the general election

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL filed by Kochouspeh Chittilappilly seeking framing of 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. The petitioner had alleged that governments spend crores of rupees in advertisements to project...