The renewal of permission for a TV channel is not a matter of right for a company, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday, June 1,2022.
“The renewal of permission for a TV channel is not a matter of right for a company and such permission is granted only upon fulfilment of certain eligibility conditions stipulated under the uplinking and downlinking guidelines and other relevant statutory framework,” the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said in its reply in the MediaOne telecast ban case
The affidavit came in reply to an appeal filed by Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited, the company which runs the MediaOne channel, challenging the government’s non-renewal of security clearance “on the basis of intelligence inputs which are sensitive and secretive in nature”.
