Madras High Court
Friends Cable Network vs Union Of India on 9 December, 2021
Author: Krishnan Ramasamy
Bench: Krishnan Ramasamy
W.P.No.4601 of 2018
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED 09.12.2021
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE KRISHNAN RAMASAMY
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Friends Cable Network,
Rep. by its Managing Partner,
V.Sakthivel,
S/o.Vajiram,
3/36, Muthagoundanoor,
Puthagaram Post, Tirupattur Taluk,
Tamil Nadu - 635 651. ...Petitioner
..Vs..
1.Union of India,
Represented by its Secretary,
The Ministry for Information and Broadcasting,
Room No.116, 'A' Wing,
Shastri Bhawan,
New Delhi 110 001.
2.The Chairman,
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India,
Jawaharlal Nehru Marg,
(Opp to Ramleela Maidhan),
New Delhi - 110 002.
3.The District Collector/Nodal Officer,
Vellore District,
District Collector Office,
Vellore. ...Respondents
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PRAYER : Petition filed Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
praying for the issuance of Writ of Mandamus, directing the 1st
respondent to permit the petitioner firm to provide Analogue signal to its
customers, to whom set top box is not provided, until the petitioner's firm
provide set top box to all its customers like similarly placed Multi
System operators from its control room at Vellore District.
For Petitioner : Mr.B.Prasanna Vinoth
For R3 : Mr.M.Shahjahan
Special Government Pleader
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ORDER
The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the prayer sought for in this Writ Petition has become infructuous.
2. In view of the above submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs.
Consequently, the connected Miscellaneous petition is closed.
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1.The Secretary, Ministry for Information and Broadcasting Room No.116, 'A' Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001.
2.The Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, (Opp to Ramleela Maidhan), New Delhi - 110 002.
3.The District Collector/Nodal Officer, Vellore District, District Collector Office, Vellore.
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