Court : Patna
R.N. Sahay, J.1. All the petitioners are partners and/or proprietors of firms engaged in the trade of cable T.V. operation. Their field of activity is in the district of Dhanbad. The petitioners have installed Dish Antennas and are receiving programmes which are beemed through Satellite and through cables and other electronic gadgets. Then they distribute the programmes to the consumers through T.V. Sets. The petitioners are receiving programmes through Satellite systems viz., Insat 2-A. Asiaset and Arabset. From the above mentioned Satellites petitioners are receiving programmes from 14 channels. The petitioners can rely only 4/5 channels at a time through Receivers and/or distributors.2. The petitioners charge installation cost from the consumer for laying cables from the place where the Dish Antena is set up to the place where the Television sets of the consumers are set up. Initial cost varies depending upon the distance of the T.V. set from the location of the Dish Antennas of th...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (C) No.157 OF2013Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan ..Petitioner VERSUS Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents JUDGMENT Dr. B.S. CHAUHAN, J.1. The instant writ petition has been preferred, by an organisation dedicated to the welfare of inter-state migrants, in the nature of public interest seeking exercise of this courts extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the Constitution) to remedy the concerns that have arisen because of hate speeches, through the following prayers: a. Issue appropriate writ, order, decree in the nature of mandamus declaring hate/derogatory speeches made by people representatives/political/religious leaders on religion, caste, region and ethnic lines are violative of Articles 14 (Equality before Law), 15 (Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste or place of birth), 16 (Equality in matters of public ...
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Miami Herald Pub. Co. v. Tornillo - 418 U.S. 241 (1974) U.S. Supreme Court Miami Herald Pub. Co. v. Tornillo, 418 U.S. 241 (1974) Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo No. 73-797 Argued April 17, 1974 Decided June 25, 1974 418 U.S. 241 APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA Syllabus After appellant newspaper had refused to print appellee's replies to editorials critical of appellee's candidacy for state office, appellee brought suit in Florida Circuit Court seeking injunctive and declaratory relief and damages, based on Florida's "right of reply" statute that grants a political candidate a right to equal space to answer criticism and attacks on his record by a newspaper, and making it a misdemeanor for the newspaper to fail to comply. The Circuit Court held the statute unconstitutional as infringing on the freedom of the press, and dismissed the action. The Florida Supreme Court reversed, holding that the statute did not violate constitutional guarantees, and that civil ...
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No.3882 OF 201.(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NO.27595 OF 2010.M/s Tata Sky Ltd. Appellant Versus State of M.P. and others Respondents WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.3888 OF 201.(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NO.27655 OF 2010.WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.3889 OF 201.(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NO.30034 OF 2010.WITH CIVIL APPEAL No.3890 OF 201.(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NO.32475 OF 2010.WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.3891 OF 201.(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NO.2528 OF 2011.AND CIVIL APPEAL No.3892 OF 201.(ARISING OUT OF SLP (CIVIL) NO.2752 OF 2011.JUDGMENT Aftab Alam, J.1. Leave granted in all the special leave petitions.2. All these appeals relate to the demand of entertainment tax raised by the Government of Madhya Pradesh under the Madhya Pradesh Entertainment Duty and Advertisements Tax Act, 1936 (hereinafter referred to as the 1936 Act) on DTH (direct to home) broadcast provided by the appellants to their respective customers on pa...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal TDSAT
S.B. Sinha Introduction Interpretation of a provision contained in an Agreement dated 3.2.2006, is in question in this petition, wherein the petitioner inter alia has prayed for the following reliefs :- “A) Issue an injunction, order or direction or any other appropriate writ, order or direction quashing the demand notice dated 21.4.2010 and invoices dt. 9.9.2009 issued by Respondent no.1 B) Issue a direction that the obligation on part of the petitioner to pay rent for the CTI open/covered licensed infrastructure as per agreement dt. 7.2.2006 arose from 21.8.2009, i.e. the date of commencement of FM broadcast from the CTI facility. C) Award the costs of the instant petition to the petitioner.” Background Facts Pursuant to an invitation of offer issued by the Central Government to issue licenses for broadcasting FM radio in Phase II in September, 2005, the petitioner amongst others submitted its tender. The said invitation to tender inter alia contained the following condit...
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision:3. d December, 2014. % + WP(C) No.3252/2014 SAI LOK KALYAN SANSTHA THROUGH PRESIDENT ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Ajay Gautam (in-person) Versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Through: ..... Respondents Mr. Amit Mahajan, CGSC /UOI. Ms. Zubeda Begum, Standing Counsel for GNCTD. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW, J.1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India filed as a Public Interest Litigation flags the issue of broadcast of a large number of programmes/advertisements on the television channels based on Astrology, Lal Kitab, Tarot, Numerology, Devi Shakti aur Kripa, by so called self made astrologers, swamiji, panditji, guruji and babaji who promise cures of various ailments on payment of money. Alleging such claims to be not based on any logic and scientific verification and being detrimental to public interest, reliefs of : i. directing the respondents Union...
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision:3. d December, 2014. % + WP(C) No.3252/2014 SAI LOK KALYAN SANSTHA THROUGH PRESIDENT ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Ajay Gautam (in-person) Versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Through: ..... Respondents Mr. Amit Mahajan, CGSC /UOI. Ms. Zubeda Begum, Standing Counsel for GNCTD. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW, J.1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India filed as a Public Interest Litigation flags the issue of broadcast of a large number of programmes/advertisements on the television channels based on Astrology, Lal Kitab, Tarot, Numerology, Devi Shakti aur Kripa, by so called self made astrologers, swamiji, panditji, guruji and babaji who promise cures of various ailments on payment of money. Alleging such claims to be not based on any logic and scientific verification and being detrimental to public interest, reliefs of : i. directing the respondents Union...
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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision:25. h November, 2013 + Writ Petition (Civil) 4599/2013 FASHION DESIGN COUNCIL OF INDIA ..... Petitioner Through Mr. Sandeep Sethi, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Rajiv Bansal, Mr. Jitendra Singh, Mr. Saurabh S. Sinha, Ms. Anushree Kapadia and Ms. Rashmi Singh, Advocates. versus GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS ..... Respondent Through Mr. Parag Tripathi, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Ruchi Sindhwani, Additional Standing Counsel, Ms. Bandana Shukla and Ms. Megha Bharara, Advocates for GNCTD. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV SACHDEVA SANJIV KHANNA, J.(ORAL) On 23rd July, 2013, the following interim order was passed in this writ petition filed by Fashion Design Council of India: (i) The petitioner has deposited a Fixed Deposit Receipt of Rs.2.25 lacs as provided in Rule 30 of the Delhi Entertainment and Betting Tax Rules, 1997. (ii) As and when the petitioner receives sponsorship money, he shall furnish security i...
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Reported in : AIR1995SC1236; JT1995(2)SC110; 1995(1)SCALE539; (1995)2SCC161; [1995]1SCR1036
ORDERP.B. Sawant, J.1. Leave granted.It will be convenient to answer the questions of law that arise in the present case, before we advert to the factual controversy between the parties. The questions of law are :(1) Has an organiser or producer of any event a right to get the event telecast through an agency of his choice whether national or foreign?(2) Has such organiser a choice of the agency of telecasting, particularly when the exercise of his right, does not make demand on any of the frequencies owned, commanded or controlled by the Government or the Government agencies like the Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) or Doordarshan (DD)?(3) Can such an organiser be prevented from creating the terrestrial signal and denied the facility of merely uplinking the terrestrial signal to the satellite owned by another agency whether foreign or national?(4) What, if any, are the conditions which can be imposed by the Government department which in the present case is the Ministry of Informat...
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Reported in : 2005(6)BomCR574; (2005)107BOMLR337; (2006)4CompLJ117(Bom)
S. Radhakrishnan, J.1. The above Petition has been filed in larger public interest, to protect the interests of residents of Mumbai and to improve the quality of life in Mumbai, which has drastically deteriorated during the last fifteen years. The above Petition is prevent further serious damage to the town Planning and ecology so as to avoid an irretrievable breakdown of the city. Recent deluge during the last week of July this year, exposed as to how the city's sewerage and drainage system was unable to cope up and for almost a week the entire city was completely crippled.2. The first Petitioner Bombay Environmental Action Group is a public charitable trust duly registered and also a registered society. Its aims and objects are, inter alia, to look after the environment in all aspects. On a number of occasions, the above Petitioner has initiated and/or participated in matters of environmental importance for the preservation and improvement of the environment in furtherance of the pub...
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