The Delhi High Court today directed Nimbus Communication to provide live feed
for the cricket match between India and Sri Lanka to be played on
February 17 in Visakhapatnam.
The bench comprising Justice Vikramjit Sen and Justice
J P Singh passed the order after Nimbus counsel Gopal Jain mentioned the matter
before the bench seeking protection against the showcause notice issue by the
Centre yesterday.
Nimbus offered to provide live feed of the match to the Prasar
Bharti with a rider that the Centre will not take any action or decision as
per the showcause notice asking if they do provide live feed their license will
be suspended.
After the Centre gave an undertaking that it will not take any action, the
court directed the government not to take any decision or action till March
9, the next date of hearing.
The court also issued notices to the Centre and Prasar Bharati
on a petition filed by Nimbus challenging the ordinance, which makes it mandatory
for private broadcaster to share live feed with Prasar Bharati.
Earlier in the day, Nimbus had approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection
from the Centre's alleged threat to cancel its licence if it did not respond
to the government's show cause notice by today.
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