The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response of the Center on a plea by Zee Media difficult the Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s order withdrawing permission to the broadcaster to uplink 10 channels from Ku band on GSAT-15 satellite tv for pc , an association that reportedly gave Zee a bonus over the contestants. ,
A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramaniam Prasad issued discover within the petition and listed the matter for listening to on January 19.
In October 2018, the I&B ministry allowed Zee to concurrently uplink 10 of its channels on the Ku band. However, on 23 September this 12 months, the ministry revoked its permission observing that Zee channels had been additionally out there on DD Free Dish, which successfully made them free-to-air.
The controversial order of the ministry said that the provision of Zee channels on DD Free Dish gave the broadcaster a aggressive benefit over different non-public broadcasters who should not on the Ku band.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
