PIL against Sahara Ad openly 'denigrating' SEBI
RTI activists Amitabh Thakur and Dr. Nutan Thakur filed PIL before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, alleging the full page advertisement, dated 17 March 2013 by Sahara India Parivar and Sri Subrata Roy Sahara as being against the provisions of law.
The PIL says that a private person and a private organization have openly denigrated and accused SEBI, which is a statutory body established to safeguard the interests of investors and to act as the Market Regulator. The Ad has also criticized Hon'ble Justice B N Agarwal’s conduct while both SEBI and Justice Agarwal are only performing their official duty. The matter is still sub-judice before the Hon'ble Supreme Court and hence these people could have presented their grievance there.
Hence, they have prayed that a complete ban shall be imposed on all advertisements where any constitutional or statutory body is criticized. They have also asked for enquiry into the issue and necessary subsequent legal actions against Sahara India Parivar and Sri Subrata Roy.
The PIL is expected to be heard on 22 March before the Bench of Chief Justice Shiva Kirti Singh and Justice D K Arora.
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