While dismissing a PIL petition against publication of government advertisements with photos of Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and other Ministers, the High Court of Karnataka said that dismissal “should not be construed as the court approving of publication of photographs of any Minister in governmental advertisements.”
“We hope and trust that better sense prevails in the quarters that be,” observed a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B. Varale and Justice Krishna S. Dixit in its order dismissing the petition filed by Bhimappa Gundappa Gadag of Belagavi.