Jamuna TV

HC verdict on writ petition May 20

13 May 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

The High Court (HC) yesterday fixed May 20 for delivering verdict on a writ petition that challenged the government action stopping the broadcasting of Jamuna TV, a private satellite television channel. On completion hearing on the petition, an HC bench of Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore set the date of verdict. On November 19 last year, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) halted the test transmission of this television channel, as it did not obtain a no-objection certificate (NOC), which is necessary for programme transmission. Nurul Islam Babul, owner of the TV channel, filed the writ petition with the High Court on November 22 last year challenging the legality of the action of BTRC.