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    "excerpt": "New Delhi, April 24 (CRICKETNMORE) - The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked telecom major Bharti Airtel to file response on a contempt plea moved by rival Reliance Jio, alleging that Bharti's campaign for IPL violates the previous order. Justice Yogesh",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>New Delhi, April 24 (CRICKETNMORE) -&nbsp;<\/strong>The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked telecom major Bharti Airtel to file response on a contempt plea moved by rival Reliance Jio, alleging that Bharti&#39;s campaign for IPL violates the previous order.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Justice Yogesh Khanna sought response from Airtel on the plea and listed the matter for April 27 for further hearing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>On April 13, Airtel had assured the court that its advertisements would carry a disclaimer in bold stating that under its &quot;live and free access offer&quot;, only subscription to video streaming platform Hotstar would be free and data charges would apply according to the subscriber&#39;s plan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The court also said that Bharti Airtel&#39;s advertisements, offering &quot;live and free access&quot; to the Indian Premier League (IPL) coverage, did not carry a disclaimer in bold as it had assured the court.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The court observed that the video and print version of the advertisements submitted by Reliance Jio claimed that Airtel&#39;s campaign was in violation of the April 13 consent order of the high court.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The court directed Airtel to comply with the order and asked it to have disclaimer in bold.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The court was hearing Jio&#39;s application seeking immediate rectification of the advertisements and punishment for contempt of the April 13 order.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Jio alleged that the commercials of Airtel were &quot;deceptive and misleading&quot;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Airtel submitted that Jio was a &quot;jealous competitor&quot; and what it meant by its advertisements was free subscription to Hotstar.<\/p>\r\n",
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