Bangladesh Telecommunication Act, 2001
Section 3, 31, 35, 36, 55
Refusing the application to grant licence to broadcast the programmers of Ekushey Television through satellite transmission and arbitrary refusal to grant the required frequencise and malafide rejection of an application for apparatus licence required to broadcast its programmers through a satellite channel by intentionally and willfully misinterpreting a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. BTRC (2) vs Ekushey TV Ltd & Bangladesh (Mohammad Fazlul Karim J)(Civil) 3ADC 509
Bangladesh Telecommunication Act, 2001
Section 46- Stop broadcasting activities of Jamuna Television- There is no illegality in the order dated 19.11.2009 to stop test transmission of the appellant- company's Television Channel cancelling the allocated satellite frequency and using of earth station, SNA and DSNA machineries and equipments and seizing the machineries and equipments under the seizure list dated 19.11.2009. However, in view of the observations and findings made hereinabove, the appeal is allowed-in-part in doing complete justice, the respondents are hereby directed to release the machineries and equipments seized from the appellant-company's TV stations as per seizure list dated 19.11.2009 (Annexure- A2) and to dispose of the appellants' application dated 08.10.2009 in accordance with law within 1(one) month from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment. At this stage the appellants are not entitled to broadcast or telecommunication transmit any without having obtained requisite licences and NOC in accordance with law from the concerned Ministries and authorities. ...Jamuna Television Ltd. =VS= Government of Bangladesh, [8 LM (AD) 183]
