Sharad Pawar, Supreme Court and Ajit Pawar.
Sharad Pawar has been dealt a blow by the Supreme Court ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The Supreme Court has not yet issued any order on the demand to stop Ajit Pawar from using the clock election symbol. NCP (Sharad Pawar) filed a petition in the Supreme Court on October 2 seeking a ban on the election symbol “clock”.
However, the Supreme Court said we expect both parties to follow our directions. Don’t create an embarrassing situation for yourself, if we find someone trying to deliberately disobey our orders, we can initiate contempt through a Somotu designation.
Prior to this, the Supreme Court had directed Ajit Pawar to file an affidavit. It was requested that it be made clear that disclaimers and clock symbols would be followed as ordered by the court.
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Justice Surya Kant said we will give a chance to Ajit Pawar to reply. He should provide an affidavit that our order will not be violated in the future. Also write that he has not done this in the past.
Ajit Pawar directed to file affidavit
Justice Kant said Ajit Pawar should provide an affidavit to prove that he is complying with our orders issued on March 19 and April 4. A separate hearing in the case will be held on November 6.
The Election Commission declared the NCP led by Ajit Pawar to be authentic and gave it the right to use the party symbol (clock). During the court argument, Sharad Pawar’s lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that during the hearing held in March, the court had ordered the Election Commission to allot a symbolic trumpet to us as well.
The clock symbol must be used with a disclaimer
Ajit Pawar was asked to write (disclaimer) in a clock symbol to indicate that the matter was still pending before the court. Singhvi alleged that Ajit’s team did not follow the order properly. People recognize the clock symbol as Sharad Pawar and the symbol is used without any disclaimer.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Ajit Pawar did not issue a disclaimer as per the court order. We have taken these photos to court and now they should be punished for it.
Ajit Pawar’s lawyer Balbir Singh said he should show some responsibility. The photo shown in court was wrong. In one or two cases, the tent owner may be at fault. We cannot be blamed for this. The photos were placed directly in court. How do we respond to all of this sudden? We should have gotten a copy of this application sooner.
Advocate Balbir Singh said the same was said by Sharad Pawar’s organization during the Lok Sabha elections. The court leaves us with clock marks. Now they shouldn’t be heard.
