[icernet] Govt Action On DTH Under HC Scanner

[Arul Selvan]

  Star TV-backed Space TV has been dragged to court for seeking 
government licence in direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting. A petitioner on 
April 17 has claimed that Space TV is 
a dummy Indian company
 which was 
created 
consequent upon rejection of the application of Star India 
Private Ltd, a foreign controlled company, by the secretary in the 
information and broadcasting ministry (I&B).
 Responding to a public 
interest litigation (PIL), the MP high court has issued notices to four 
secretaries to the government of India and said that 
with regard to DTH 
service any action taken by them will be subject to the orders of this 
honourable court.
 It has, however, allowed these secretaries 
to 
proceed further as they deem fit in larger interest of the Indian 
public.
 A Star TV official, who refused attribution, said 
Star has 
been a responsible citizen and has kept the government informed ...and 
we have told the government that Space TV is Star TV.


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