This helps people in differentiating serious political parties and candidates from the non-serious ones, she added.

As the bench appeared inclined to allocate separate poll symbols to the three political outfits, Arora argued that the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order has also the judicial mandate of the apex court in the Kanhiya Lal case in the mid-1980s.

But with senior advocates like Soli J. Sorabjee, K.K. Venugopal and U.U. Lalit making arguments that a separate symbol was a must for every political party, recognised or otherwise, the bench allocated the symbols to the three new political parties.

Arora then urged the court for an early hearing on a bunch of lawsuits by some other political parties, challenging the poll panel's Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order.

The bench slated for hearing in November all the lawsuits, including those by Telugu film star Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party and Tamil star Vijayakant's DMDK, which have questioned the poll panel's rules for recognising a political outfit and allotment of an election symbol.

The apex court in March had allocated to Praja Rajyam, DMDK and Lok Satta symbols of 'train engine', 'drum' and 'whistle' despite the Election Commission's opposition.