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equipment being used by such cable operator for operating
the cable television network.
(2) No such equipment shall be retained by the authorised
officer ... being contravened by any cable
operator. Section 3 mandates that no person shall operate a cable
television network, unless he is registered as a cable
expressions viz., "the authorised officer", cable operator", "cable service", "cable television network" and "programme" under Clauses ... that the Cable operators and Cable Service Providers as defined in Section 2(aa) and 2(b) of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation
This MOU
inter alia provided that the entire digital cable television
network and hardware of Respondent No.1 would be
transferred to Respondent ... Section 17 application that
under the MOU, the entire digital cable television network and
hardware of Respondent No.1 was to be transferred
Code mentioned in Rule 6 of the Cable Television
Networks Rules made under the Television Networks Act. To
ascertain as to whether there ... Cable Television
Networks Rules made under the Television Networks Act shows that
no programme should be carried in the cable service, which
encourages superstition
cities like Mumbai the majority of viewers will be subscribers to Cable Television Networks.
2. The defendants are private companies incorporated under the Companies ... which own, control and operate Cable Television Networks in several cities. With the sophisticated equipment which is now available Cable Television Networks
tenets of the "Programme Code" as
prescribed under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995
(hereafter the "CTVN Act", for short ... Cable Television Networks
Rules, 1994 (hereafter the "CTVN Rules", for short) are followed in letter
and spirit. The Petitioners also pray that
Council Act, 1978 ;
(ii) Programme Code under section 5 of the Cable Television
Networks Regulation) Act, 1995;
(iii) Content which is prohibited under ... Programme Code prescribed under
Section 5 of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act,1995
(for short, the CTVN Act); it further prescribes that the content
violated the established norms
and also various provisions of the Cable Televisions Network Regulations Act
1995 as prescribed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
installed and managed by cable operators, who have their own set of subscribers, to which subscribers the cable operators disseminate the TV signal ... cities like Mumbai the majority of viewers will be subscribers to Cable Television Networks."
"It is not open to the defendants to state
Defendant is engaged in the business of providing cable
television network to the subscribers in the State of Andhra
Pradesh.
3. According to the Plaintiff
