SC declines plea to stay HC order on NTO 2.0

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected pleas by a bunch of tv channels seeking stay of a Bombay HC judgment questioning the validity of TRAI’s New Tariff Order NTO 2.0, notified on January 1 last year, which capped pay channel price at Rs 12 from the existing Rs 19, cited a recent media report.

Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation, an umbrella organisation of private TV broadcasters, and many other private channels had moved the SC challenging the Bombay HC decision alleging that NTO 2.0 seriously interfered with their fundamental right to carry on a particular trade or profession guaranteed under Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution, said the report.