Shahrukh Khan, Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar
The issue of Bollywood actors Shahrukh Khan, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgan promoting Pan Masala is once again in the news. In fact, the Central Government has now given its reply on the contempt petition of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court. The Central Government has informed the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court that notices have been issued to Shahrukh, Ajay and Akshay Kumar in the case of Pan Masala ad.
In this case, the Central Government’s lawyer says that the Supreme Court is also hearing the matter, hence this petition should be dismissed. The next hearing date on this matter has been fixed for May 9, 2024. This order was passed by a single bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan on a contempt petition. The bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan had directed the Central Government to take a decision on the petitioner’s representation.
Let us tell you, the actors promoting Pan Masala, Shahrukh, Akshay and Aday Devgan, all three are honored with the Padma Award. In such a situation, advocate Motilal Yadav, who filed the petition, believes that his step is not right for the youth. Motilal Yadav also says that people are getting confused by stars doing this. Last August 2023, the High Court issued a contempt notice to the Cabinet Secretary, Chief Commissioner and Consumer Protection Authority for not responding to the petition.
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The petitioner said that a report was given to the government on October 22 but no action was taken in the matter. After this, while hearing the contempt petition, the High Court had issued a notice to the Cabinet Secretary of the Central Government. During the hearing held on Friday, Deputy Solicitor General SB Pandey, on behalf of the Central Government, said that the Center has issued show cause notices to Akshay Kumar, Shahrukh Khan and Ajay Devgan and summoned their reply. At the same time, the court was also informed that even after canceling the contract, actor Amitabh Bachchan has sent a legal notice to the concerned Gutkha company for showing him in the advertisement.
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