The Centre, responding to a contempt petition, informed the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court that it has issued notices to actors Akshay Kumar, Shahrukh Khan, & Ajay Devgn in connection with advertisements they do for gutka companies. The Central Govt's counsel informed the High Court on Friday that the Apex Court was also hearing the same issue & as such the instant petition should be dismissed.
After hearing the submission, the bench fixed the hearing for 9 May 2024. A bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan had earlier directed Centre to decide the representation of the petitioner, who had originally contended that action should be taken against the actors & dignitaries who were given high profile awards but were advertising for gutka companies.
The representation was made to the Govt on Oct 22 but no action was taken in the matter, the petitioner argued. Thereafter, hearing the contempt petition, the high court had issued notice to the Cabinet Secretary of the central government.
On Friday, Deputy Solicitor General SB Pandey informed the High Court that the Centre had issued show cause notices to Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan, & Ajay Devgn.
The court was also informed that Amitabh Bachchan had sent a legal notice to a gutka company, which was showing his advertisement despite the fact that he had already cancelled his contract with it.
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