Disclaimer on 'clock' symbol in 36 hours: Supreme Court to NCP

New Delhi: NCP chief Ajit Pawar on Wednesday assured the Supreme Court that he will publish a fresh disclaimer within 36 hours in prominent sections of newspapers, including Marathi dailies, declaring that the use of the "clock" symbol by his party in the Maharashtra assembly polls is a sub-judice matter.

A bench headed by Justice Surya Kant on Wednesday asked the Ajit faction to publish fresh disclaimers "with wide publicity" within 36 hours.

The SC had in October allowed the Ajit faction to use the "clock" symbol during assembly elections but had directed it to add disclaimers in its election advertisements clarifying that its use is subject to the outcome in the legal proceedings over the ownership of the party symbol.