Petition against Bachchan's TV ads dismissed
Lucknow,
Nov
27:
Lucknow
Bench
of
Allahabad
High
Court
today
dismissed
a
writ
petition,
that
challenged
the
TV
ads
of
Bollywood
actor
Amitabh
Bachchan
highlighting
purported
low
crime
rate
in
Uttar
Pradesh
during
the
last
state
assembly
poll.
This order was passed by a division bench comprising Justices U K Dhawan and S S Chauhan on the writ filed by Mr Brijbhushan Dubey.
The writ had challenged the October 15, 2007 order of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).
The petitioner had sought information from the Commission about the basis of Mr Bachchan proclaiming in his ads ''UP mein hai dum, kyonki jurm yahan hai kam'' (UP has the might, because crime rate is less here).
However, the petition was rejected by the CIC.
Later, the petitioner approached the HC by filing the writ, which was dismissed after hearing.
UNI