HC seeks Centre’s stand on Zee challenge on nixing Ku band permit

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the Centre’s stand on Zee Media’s challenge to a Ministry of Information and Broadcasting order withdrawing the permission granted to the media house for uplinking its TV channels in Ku Band on GSAT-15 Satellite.

A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad issued notice on the petition by Zee Media and granted time to the Centre to file its response.

In its petition, Zee Media has sought setting aside the Ministry’s September 23 order and urged the court to restore the permission granted to it on October 31, 2019 to uplink its 10 channels simultaneously on Ku band.