The direct-to-home (DTH) operators can breathe easy for a few more weeks as the Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on 22nd May has put off the license fee case till 8th July as it is busy in handling other matters.
As directed by the tribunal in its previous hearing, the government has filed its reply to petitions filed by Tata Sky, Bharti Telemedia (Airtel Digital TV) and Sun Direct. The DTH operators now have a week’s time to file their rejoinders.
In the previous hearing on 6 May, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) had filed its replies to petitions filed by Dish TV, Bharat Business Channel (Videocon d2h) and Reliance Digital TV.
In its reply, the government argued that the DTH operators must not get relief since the Supreme Court had settled the argument based on the definition of adjusted gross revenue (AGR).
The government also contended that the TDSAT cannot adjudicate whether or not licence fee must be paid on the basis of AGR.
The DTH operators have been maintaining that the government should not have raised the licence fee demand since the matter is pending in the Supreme Court.
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/legal-news/item/4927-cq-tdsat-put-off-dth-license-case-till-8-july.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/legal-news/item/4927-cq-tdsat-put-off-dth-license-case-till-8-july.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/legal-news/item/4927-cq-tdsat-put-off-dth-license-case-till-8-july.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/legal-news/item/4927-cq-tdsat-put-off-dth-license-case-till-8-july.html
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