In November, 2023, the counsel for the central government had urged the court to grant a week or 10 days more time to file their reply.Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, who represented nine political parties including Congress, Trinamool Congress, DMK and others, had said there were “preliminary objections” against the petition and the Supreme Court has already dealt with the issue.The petitioner had approached the high court earlier and sought interim order staying the use of acronym INDIA by 26 political parties and to also prohibit the use of the national flag with the acronym INDIA by the respondent political alliance.The court had issued notice on the petition in August last year.The political parties which have been arrayed as respondents include Congress, Trinamool Congress, DMK, Aam Aadmi Party, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar), Shiv Sena (UBT), Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Lok Dal, Apna Dal (Kamerawadi).
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