Bollywood mega star Amitabh Bachchan has been served legal notice for dressing up as a lawyer in an advertisement. Bar Council of Delhi issued a legal notice not only to Amitabh Bachchan but also to Everest Spices company, YouTube, and a media house in this regard. Details as below.
Amithab did a commercial ad and in that ad, Amithab is seen sitting in his dressing room, wearing a lawyer’s suit, as two junior artists enter and offer him Pav Bhaji. After eating the meal, the actor applauds the food and the spices used in preparation and endorses that brand. However, Bar Council of Delhi noted that without taking any permissions, Amithab wearing lawyer attire and endorsing a brand is objectionable. It served a notice and notice read, “You are required to immediately stop all such advertisements and also give an undertaking to the Bar Council of Delhi, Bar Council of India and other states Bar Councils that the lawyers’ attire shall not be used in any advertisement in future” .
We will have to wait and see how this is handled. Just wearing a lawyer dress in a commercial is now objected by the bar council. We need to wait and see if court agrees with the argument of bar council. But chances are that, company may withdraw the ad and bar council may stop proceeding further in this issue.
