Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 14: State High Court today stayed the order of the District Magistrate Ramban whereby he banned the cable network in Banihal.
The order dated November 11, 2015 passed by the District Magistrate Ramban was challenged by Khan Digital Vision on the ground the order was in violation of the Cable Television Networks (Regulations) Act 1995 and fundamental rights of the petitioner as guaranteed under Article 19 of the Indian Constitution.
After considering the detailed arguments advanced by Senior Advocate B S Salathia along with Advocate Irfaan Khan, Justice Mohammed Yaqoob Mir stayed the operation of the and directed the respondents to release the equipments of the petitioner.
The petitioner was directed to operate the services strictly in terms of Cable Television Networks (Regulations) Act, 1995 and District Magistrate was directed to monitor the services of the petitioner through the functionaries.
Earlier, the counsels for the petitioner drew the attention of the court to the impugned ban order and submitted that before issuing the order District Magistrate Ramban did not issue any show cause notice in accordance with the Act.
On a query with regard to availability of alternate remedy, they submitted that since fundamental rights of freedom of speech and expression has been infringed the petitioner has rightly approached the Constitutional Court to seek redressal of his grievances.
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