Updated: September 12, 2020 11:24:59 am
The letter, sent to all major cable television operators on Thursday, warned that “if they don’t stop broadcasting the channels immediately, they will have to face protests.”
Shivcable Sena, affiliated with Shiv Sena, has written to cable television operators in Maharashtra to stop broadcasting the Republic Media Network channels, as its editor-in-chief, Arnab Goswami, has “insulted Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and he is violating the Constitution by running a parallel tribunal on the channel. “
The letter, sent to all major cable television operators on Thursday, warned that “if they don’t stop broadcasting the channels immediately, they will have to face protests.” The letter is signed by Sena MLA Sunil Raut, brother of party MP Sanjay Raut, and Vinay Patil, general secretary of Shivcable Sena. Raut and Transport Minister Anil Parab are the union’s “pramukh margdarshaks” (senior advisers).
“The CM is a constitutional position and its lack of respect would not be tolerated. Thackeray has asked us not to take over the law. But in this case, the law is on our side, ”said Patil.
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On Friday, the Mumbai High Court refused to intervene or issue orders under the plea by ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd, which runs Republic TV, which sought relief from not stopping the broadcast of its news channels citing alleged communications from Shiv Cable Sena to various cable networks.
The court resolved the statement and said that Republic TV could exercise an appeal to file complaints with the Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appeals Tribunal (TDSAT) and can approach law enforcement agencies regarding the alleged threats from the ‘private entity’, which is not a ‘legal authority’.
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