A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan was assured by senior advocate Balbir Singh, representing Ajit Pawar, that disclaimer will be published within 36 hours.
On March 19, the top court allowed the Ajit Pawar faction to use the 'clock' symbol, with certain conditions, including that his party would issue a public declaration that the use of the 'clock' symbol for Lok Sabha and the Maharashtra Assembly Elections is sub-judice and subject to the out
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to ensure that more prominent disclaimers are published in its election advertisements notifying that the allocation of the 'clock' symbol to it is sub-judice.
Veteran politician Sharad Pawar on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court, alleging that the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has not complied with the court's direction to publish disclaimers in all their advertisements that the use of the 'clock' symbol by them
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MP Supriya Sule expressed gratitude to the Supreme Court for allowing them to get a new party name and symbol after the Election Commission decided to give the party's original name (NCP) and its 'clock' symbol to the Ajit Pawar-led faction.
The decision to grant a new symbol to Sharad Pawar's party came after the Election Commission recognized Ajit Pawar's faction as the real NCP, paving the way for them to continue with the well-known "Clock" symbol.