SC clears way to broadcast sponsoring of TV news headlines
Staff Reporter :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday cleared the way for television channels to broadcast the sponsors of TV news and headlines.
The apex court stayed a High Court verdict that declared the television news and the headlines sponsored by commercial organizations as illegal and also asked the authorities of all TV channels not to telecast such news and headlines after August 31, 2019.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division
headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after hearing four leave to appeal petitions filed by four organizations, BTRC, Channel i, Massranga TV and Deepto TV, challenging the High Court verdict.
Advocate AM Amin Uddin appeared in the court on behalf of Channel i, advocate Murad Reza appeared for Deepto TV, advocate Md Assaduzzaman appeared for Massranga TV and barrister Khandaker Reza-E-Raquib for the BTRC.
Now the TV channels have no bar to telecast these kinds of news and the headlines sponsored by commercial organizations, said Khandaker Reza-E-Raquib.
Lawyer AM Amin Uddin said, “We told the court that advertisements are the main sources of income of the TV channels. Now if it shuts down, many TV channels will not be able to survive. They survive on this income.”
“Later, we brought the law related to advertisement of 1952 before the court. After hearing us the court stayed the High Court verdict,” added the lawyer.
M A Matin, a retired teacher of Dhanmondi Government Laboratory High School, filed the writ petition on October 17, 2011 challenging the legality of sponsored news and headlines on television.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday cleared the way for television channels to broadcast the sponsors of TV news and headlines.
The apex court stayed a High Court verdict that declared the television news and the headlines sponsored by commercial organizations as illegal and also asked the authorities of all TV channels not to telecast such news and headlines after August 31, 2019.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division
headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after hearing four leave to appeal petitions filed by four organizations, BTRC, Channel i, Massranga TV and Deepto TV, challenging the High Court verdict.
Advocate AM Amin Uddin appeared in the court on behalf of Channel i, advocate Murad Reza appeared for Deepto TV, advocate Md Assaduzzaman appeared for Massranga TV and barrister Khandaker Reza-E-Raquib for the BTRC.
Now the TV channels have no bar to telecast these kinds of news and the headlines sponsored by commercial organizations, said Khandaker Reza-E-Raquib.
Lawyer AM Amin Uddin said, “We told the court that advertisements are the main sources of income of the TV channels. Now if it shuts down, many TV channels will not be able to survive. They survive on this income.”
“Later, we brought the law related to advertisement of 1952 before the court. After hearing us the court stayed the High Court verdict,” added the lawyer.
M A Matin, a retired teacher of Dhanmondi Government Laboratory High School, filed the writ petition on October 17, 2011 challenging the legality of sponsored news and headlines on television.
