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Keen on clearing legal hurdles that prevented the Centre from proceeding against Sun Group's cable television arm Kal Cables, Union home and I&B ministries on Tuesday moved the Madras high court seeking to vacate a stay order given by a single judge.
A division bench headed by Justice Satish K Agnihotri issued notice to the company and adjourned the matter to July 1 for further hearing.
On August 20, 2014, the Centre cancelled the provisional broadcast licence of Kal and asked it to wind up its cable and channel distribution operations in Chennai and tier-II cities such as Coimbatore in 15 days.
On September 5, 2014, Justice V Ramasubramanian quashed the cancellation, saying no show-cause notice had been issued and said the Centre was free to take action in respect of other violations.
On Tuesday, the two Union ministries filed an appeal against the single judge order saying the company had indulged in acts that threatened the security of the nation and so the court ought not to have exercised its discretion in favour of the company.
Kal Cables had been given licence on condition that it should obtain security clearance from the Centre, it said, adding that the request for security clearance had been rejected by the Union home ministry.
Consequently, there was no other option for the I&B ministry than cancelling the licence of multi-system operator, it said.
Since the company had not complied with the essential condition, there was no need to issue show-case notice first, the Centre said
A division bench headed by Justice Satish K Agnihotri issued notice to the company and adjourned the matter to July 1 for further hearing.
On August 20, 2014, the Centre cancelled the provisional broadcast licence of Kal and asked it to wind up its cable and channel distribution operations in Chennai and tier-II cities such as Coimbatore in 15 days.
On September 5, 2014, Justice V Ramasubramanian quashed the cancellation, saying no show-cause notice had been issued and said the Centre was free to take action in respect of other violations.
On Tuesday, the two Union ministries filed an appeal against the single judge order saying the company had indulged in acts that threatened the security of the nation and so the court ought not to have exercised its discretion in favour of the company.
Kal Cables had been given licence on condition that it should obtain security clearance from the Centre, it said, adding that the request for security clearance had been rejected by the Union home ministry.
Consequently, there was no other option for the I&B ministry than cancelling the licence of multi-system operator, it said.
Since the company had not complied with the essential condition, there was no need to issue show-case notice first, the Centre said