This article attempts to summarise a recent judgment of the Apex Court vide which a Curative Petition filed by DMRC against DAMEPL was allowed and its earlier judgment passed in case of DAMEPL v. DMRC Ltd was overturned.
The article discusses the power vested in the Supreme Court by virtue of Article 142 of the Constitution of India, with reference to the case of High Court Bar Association, Allahabad v. the State of UP.
This article provides an understanding of the applicability of the ASCI Code for the self regulation of advertising content in India and whether the ASCI has any penal powers if the Code is contravened.