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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001
No. 509/75/2004/JS-I
Dated:15th April, 2004
To
The Chief Electoral Officers
of all States / Union Territories.
Subject:-
Supreme
Court’s
Order
dated
13th
April
2013
relating
to
advertisements of
political
nature
on
TV
Channel
and
cable
networks.
Sir,
I am directed to enclose herewith a copy of the order dated 15th April 2004
by the Commission in pursuance of the Order dated 13th April, 2004 of the
Hon’ble Supreme Court in SLP© No. 6679 of 2004 (Min. of Information
and Broadcasting Vs. M/s Gemini TV Pvt. Ltd and others).
2.
It
may
be
noted
that
the
Commission
has
directed
that
for
pre-viewing,
scrutinizing
and
certifying
advertisements
to
be
telecast
over
TV
channels
and
cable
networks
by
any
registered
political
party
or
by
any
group
or
organization / association, having headquarters in NCT of Delhi, the Chief
Electoral
Officer,
Delhi
is
to
constitute
a
Committee
as
directed
in
paragraph
6
(i)
of
the
Order.
Similarly,
the
Chief
Electoral
Officers
of
other States / Union Territories will constitute Committees for dealing with
applications
by
political
parties
and
other
associations
/
groups
with
headquarters
in
their
States
/
Union
Territories,
as
per
paragraph
6
(iii).
Vide
paragraph
6
(v)
of
the
Order,
the
Returning
Officer
of
every
Parliamentary Constituency have been declared as Designated Officer for
previewing,
scrutinizing
and
certifying
advertisements
by
individual
candidates contesting election from the constituency concerned. For the
candidates
contesting
the
current
general
election
to
the
Legislative
Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa and Sikkim and the bye-
elections
in
some
States,
the
Returning
Officer
of
the
Parliamentary
Constituency
comprising
the
Assembly
Constituency
concerned
will
entertain applications for certification of advertisements.