As per the Supreme Court order of May 13, 2015, advertisements by state governments should not be “outside its boundaries”, but it should be for attracting investment, business and talent to the state.

The apex court had also clarified that such advertisements should be designed accordingly for the purpose, and released for specific target group, the panel said. The committee, however, rejected another complaint of the former Congress minister on advertisements celebrating anniversaries of parties in power, as the guidelines permits them.

It also directed that the AAP government should assess all expenditure made on advertorials -- advertisement in the form of editorial content -- mentioning AAP, along with those in which Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had tried to target the opposition.

The Information and Broadcasting ministry had in April constituted the content regulation committee. The panel members were chosen by a selection committee headed by Chairman of Press Council of India Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad (retd).

The apex court had in its May 2015 order laid down criteria as per which government advertisements could only carry pictures of certain dignitaries like the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India. Later the court had issued a modified order, allowing Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and State Ministers to appear in government advertisements. The two-year panel could also recommend corrective actions to the Government.