Seeking clarity to continue paying licence fee the way they have been doing, two direct-to-home (DTH) operators moved different courts individually. Dish TV and Sun Direct have secured relief from the Jammu & Kashmir and Kerala High Courts in the licence fee case. In the case of Dish TV, the J&K High Court passed an order stating that the petitioner (Dish TV) would continue to pay the licence fee based on the judgment of the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) delivered on 28 May 2010. The HC also directed the government to file its response within four weeks. The Kerala High Court also accepted Sun Direct’s plea for directing the government to accept licence fee payment only on licensed activities until the disposal of the petition. The HC directed the government not to take coercive action against the DTH operator until the disposal of the matter. On 28 May 2010, the tribunal had passed an order allowing Sun Direct and Bharati Telemedia’s (Airtel Digital TV) petitions entitling them to the benefit of the judgments passed by it on 7 July 2006, 30 August 2006 and 26 August 2008, as well as the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) dated 1 October 2004.
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Read more at: http://www.televisionpost.com/dth/dish-tv-sun-direct-get-interim-relief-from-high-courts-in-licence-fee-case/ | TelevisionPost.com
