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PIL filed on illegal news broadcast
A Dahod resident has said in his Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that many private cable operators in the state broadcast news without obtaining mandatory permission for the same. The petitioner has also demanded the state government to formulate guidelines to control the cable news operators in the state. Giving a specific case of a Dahod-based cable operator, the petitioner said that the operator is carrying out various illegal activities under the guise of the television network. The division bench of Chief Justice K S Radhakrishnan and Justice Akil Kureshi has asked the government pleader to take instructions from the government. The next hearing in the case has been kept after 10 days.
DD allowed to book ads for India-Sri Lanka ODIs
State-owned broadcaster Doordarshan has been allowed by the Delhi High Court to book advertisements for the two one-day international (ODI) cricket matches between India and Sri Lanka.
DD will share the revenue generated from these advertisements in the ratio of 25:75 with Ten Sports, the official broadcaster of the series.
This arrangement was approved by the Court as Ten Sports agreed to share the live feed of the remaining two ODI India-Sri Lanka matches with the public broadcaster. The private channel gave this undertaking to the bench of Justice Manmohan Sarin and Justice Veena Birbal.
DPS MMS scandal: SC stays proceedings against eBay, its chief
Bajaj in his petition stated that Section 67 of the Act does not define the term obscenity and thus liability cannot be fixed on him for merely listing of the 2.37-minute video clip even if it was obscene. "Even assuming that the video clip is obscene, mere 'listing' cannot be obscene for the purpose of Section 67 of the Act merely because the video clip may be obscene," he said while seeking quashing of all the proceedings against him.
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The Supreme Court today stayed the proceedings against auction portal eBay India Pvt Ltd and its chief Avinash Bajaj for allegedly permitting sale of an MMS clip showing two school students from a Delhi school indulging in a sexual act.
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Bajaj in his petition stated that Section 67 of the Act does not define the term obscenity and thus liability cannot be fixed on him for merely listing of the 2.37-minute video clip even if it was obscene. "Even assuming that the video clip is obscene, mere 'listing' cannot be obscene for the purpose of Section 67 of the Act merely because the video clip may be obscene," he said while seeking quashing of all the proceedings against him.
New telecom players to get spectrum in 4 more circles
Within days of the Delhi High Court giving a clean chit to the Union government in the spectrum issue, the Department of Telecom (DoT) is all set to allocate start-up spectrum to new players in four more circles.
DoT has proposed to allocate spectrum in four more circles — Maharashtra, Mumbai, Kolkata and Madhya Pradesh — to players, including Datacom, promoted by Mahendra Nahata of HFCL, realty major Unitech, BPL-led Loop Telecom, Swan Telecom and Tata Teleservice.
DoT has already alloted start-up spectrum in six circles — Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
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Within days of the Delhi High Court giving a clean chit to the Union government in the spectrum issue, the Department of Telecom (DoT) is all set to allocate start-up spectrum to new players in four more circles.
DoT has proposed to allocate spectrum in four more circles — Maharashtra, Mumbai, Kolkata and Madhya Pradesh — to players, including Datacom, promoted by Mahendra Nahata of HFCL, realty major Unitech, BPL-led Loop Telecom, Swan Telecom and Tata Teleservice.
DoT has already alloted start-up spectrum in six circles — Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
HC rejects petition on dual technology - IndianExpress.Com
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition by Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) operators against a government policy to permit use of dual technology for mobile services and revised spectrum allocation norms.
Justice Gita Mittal imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 each on six petitioners like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone-Essar and Idea Cellular, and their association Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) to be deposited with the Delhi High Court Legal Service Authority.
“Prima facie, it cannot be held that the decision of the government confers any unfair advantage to any particular person and consequently the submission that the government has disturbed the level playing field has to be rejected,” observed the court in its judgment.
15 lakh apartment owners suffer as officials ignore DAO Act
NEW DELHI: While in response to a query filed under the Right to Information Act, the Delhi Chief Secretary recently confirmed that the Delhi Apartment Ownership Act 1986 — that grants equal voting and ownership rights to general power of attorney holders in Cooperative Group Housing Societies — “stands implemented”, officials in the Union Ministry of Urban Development had in an affidavit recently given a vague statement on the issue in the Delhi High Court.
SC refuses to interfere with HC order on RTI fees - IndianExpress.Com
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Observing that high courts are "empowered and well within their jurisdiction" to frame rules with regard to the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Allahabad High Court's decision of levying Rs 500 as fees for seeking any information under the Act.
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Contending that such an "hefty amount" charged as fees under the RTI Act was illegal, perverse and bad in law, S N Shukla who appeared for the petitioner said, "It virtually amounts to negating the Right to Information Act."
The NGO in its application filed before the high court in July 2006 had sought two details from the court -- number of cases disposed of and information on administration of cases.
The Supreme Court was told that the high court had declined to part with the information and an appeal was subsequently filed with the State Information Commission in September 2006.
Meanwhile, the full bench of the high court came out with the rule specifying that for every information, a separate application has to be filed with the fee of Rs 500, the NGO claimed.
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