Delhi High Court - Orders
9X Media Pvt. Ltd. & Ors vs Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India on 1 February, 2019
Author: S. Ravindra Bhat
Bench: S. Ravindra Bhat, Prateek Jalan
$~56 to 72
* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ W.P.(C) 7982/2013, C.M. APPL.18654/2015 & 300/2016
9X MEDIA PVT. LTD. & ORS ..... Petitioners
+ W.P.(C) 7983/2013
B4U BROADBAND (INDIA) PVT. LTD. & ORS ..... Petitioners
+ W.P.(C) 7984/2013
TV VISION LIMITED & ORS ..... Petitioners
+ W.P.(C) 7985/2013
SUN TV NETWORKS LIMITED ..... Petitioner
+ W.P.(C) 7987/2013
E 24 GLAMORU LIMITED ..... Petitioner
+ W.P.(C) 7988/2013
PIONEER CHANNEL FACTORY PVT. LTD ..... Petitioner
+ W.P.(C) 7989/2013, C.M. APPL.4541/2014
M/S NEWS BRADCASTER ASSOCIATION & ORS..... Petitioners
+ W.P.(C) 276/2014, C.M. APPL.5897/2014
SARTHAK ENTERTAINMENT PVT. LTD. ..... Petitioner
+ W.P.(C) 312/2014
KALAIGNAR TV PVT. LTD. ..... Petitioner
+ W.P.(C) 544/2014
CELEBRITIES MANAGEMENT PVT LTD & ANR...... Petitioners
+ W.P.(C) 1150/2014, C.M. APPL.2408/2014
M/S. MAA TELEVISION NETWORK LIMITED ..... Petitioner
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+ W.P.(C) 2944/2014
MEDIAWATCH - INDIA (A REGISTERED SOCIETY)
..... Petitioner
+ W.P.(C) 3804/2014, C.M. APPL.7659/2014
M/S. NDTV LIFESTYLE LIMITED AND ANR...... Petitioners
+ W.P.(C) 6602/2014
ODISHA TELEVISION LIMITED ..... Petitioner
versus
TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA
..... Respondent
+ W.P.(C) 724/2014
EENADU TELEVISION PRIVATE LIMITED ..... Petitioner
+ W.P.(C) 739/2014
RAJ TELEVISION PRIVATE LIMITED ..... Petitioner
versus
TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA & ANR
..... Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 4423/2016, C.M. APPL.18495/2016 & 27336/2016
VIKKI CHOUDHRY AND ANR ..... Petitioners
versus
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ORS
..... Respondents
Through : Sh. Kunal Tandon, Sh. Shashank
Shekhar, Ms. Niti Jain, Sh. Prateek Jain and Sh.
Girdhar Singh, Advocates, for petitioner, in Item
Nos. 56, 57, 58 and 61.
Ms. Maneesha Dhir, Sh. Saransh Gupta and Sh.
Mahipal Singh, Advocates, for TRAI, in Item Nos.
56 to 71.
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Sh. Abhishek Malhotra and Ms. Niyati Asthana,
Advocates, in Item Nos.56, 59 & 60.
Ms. Payal Kakra, Sh. Sushant Chaturvedi, Sh.
Divyam Dhyani and Ms. Tanya Gupta, Advocates,
for interveners in Item Nos. 56 and 72.
Sh. Rahul Bhatia and Sh. Veeren Dua Kumar,
Advocates, for petitioner, in Item No.62.
Sh. G.S. Mani, Sh. Lewis Edward and Sh. R.C.
Sharma, Advocates, for petitioner, in Item No.64.
Sh. Samir Sagar Vasistha and Sh. Abhishek Pratap
Singh, Advocates, for petitioner, in Item No.65.
Sh. Balaji Srinivasan and Ms. Garima Jain,
Advocates, for petitioner, in Item Nos.66 and 67.
Sh. Devank Maheshwari, for Sh. Jasmeet Singh,
CGSC, for UOI, in Item No.66.
Sh. Vikram Jetly, CGSC, for UOI, in Item No.67.
Sh. Maanav Kumar and Ms. Nupur, Advocates, for
petitioner, in Item No.67.
Sh. Sandeep Mahapatra, Advocate, for petitioner,
in Item No.71.
Sh. Anil Soni, CGSC, for UOI, in Item No.72.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN
ORDER
% 01.02.2019 Learned counsel for the parties shall file a joint compilation of the documents on record and also ensure that the written submissions
- not exceeding five pages, are filed before the next date of hearing. The Court clarifies that W.P.(C) 7989/2013 shall be treated as the lead matter in respect of the rights of channels/news broadcasters. All counsel appearing for parties with similar grievance (similar to the petitioner in this case) shall collaborate and file joint written note of arguments.
Page 3 of 4Similarly, 9X Media Pvt. Ltd and Ors. v. TRAI [W.P.(C) 7982/2013] shall be treated as the lead petition for the rights of music broadcasters. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties with identical or similar grievances shall collaborate and ensure that a common written note of arguments of five pages is filed in this matter. The time allotted for arguments of all petitioners shall not exceed two hours. Likewise, the respondents are allowed one hour to make submissions and reply. List on 11.04.2019.
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