HYDERABAD: The Telangana high court on Thursday said the increase in the rates of pay channels will be subject to the final outcome of the order delivered by it.
A bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N Tukaramji said this while hearing a petition filed by the Telangana Cable Operators Federation challenging the decision of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The bench issued notices to the Union information and broadcasting ministry and TRAI asking them to file their counters by April 27.
The increase of the rate of a pay channel from 12 to 19 has an adverse effect on the cable operators, the federation said. The bench reminded the petitioner's counsel that some gangsters in Mumbai have emerged as cable operators. However, the bench assured the counsel it would examine their grievance after seeing counters from authorities. tnn
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