New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday claimed in Delhi High Court that none of the banned Pakistani TV channels were being allowed to be broadcast in India. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath was also told that the government had received some “complaints regarding beaming of the non-permitted channels by some cable operators.”
“These complaints are sent to the authorised officer in the state governments for taking appropriate action as per the provisions of the Cable Act,” central government standing counsel Jasmeet Singh said. Terming a PIL on the matter as devoid of merit, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry said “the petitioner is incorrect to base his contention purely on the assumption that because he could view the allegedly banned channels as being broadcasted by the Dish TV, that all other Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators are also broadcasting the same, reports PTI. “No such complaints have been received by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) and Home Affairs with respect to any other DTH operators”.
