Petitioner challenged non-telecast of TV channels in Telangana. The single bench ordered disposal of the public interest litigation as infructuous without costs.
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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA at HYDERABAD
FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY TWO
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO: 273 OF 2014
Between:
Vaddadi Murali, Sio V.L.N.Mu(hy, Age 40 years, Occ: Business, Ryo Plot No.53, Flat-302, Yadav Nagar Colony, Near Alkapuri, Kothapet, Hyderabad -500035, Telangana State.
...PETITIONER
AND
...REspoNDENTS
Petition under Arlicle 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may bepleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or order or djrection declaring lhe inaction of the respondents 1 to 4 as illegal and arbitrary anddirect the respondents No.'1 to 4 to take immediate action against respondents 5 to 8 for ensuring that they telecast the television channels TVg and ABN Andhra Jyothi for the benefit of thegeneral public at large throughout the State ofTelangana without any objection or interruption and further direct Respondents No.s to 8 to telecastthe channels through cable TV Network along with other channels to the viewersln the State of Telangana.
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Petition u der Section 151 CPCpraying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filec in support of thepetition, the High Court may bepleased to direct the respondents'l to 8 to restore the TV9 and ABN Andhra Jyothi Channels in the State of Telanga ra including Hyderabad City,pending disposal of the Writ Petition. Counsel forthe,etitioner: SRl. PRABHAKAR PERI
Counsel for the lespondent Nos.1 & 2: SRI NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWARA RAO, ASSISTANT SOLICITOR GENERAL
Counsel for the lespondent Nos.3 & 4: THE ADDITIONAL ADVOCATE GENERAL FOR GP FOR HOME
Counsel forthe lespondent Nos.6 & 7: SRI A. TULSI RAJ GOKUL
Counsel for the lespondent No.8: SRI KIRAN PALAKURTHI
Counsel for the lespondent Nos.s, 9 & 10: NONE APPEARED
The Court madc the following: ORDER
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THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SATISH CHAND.R.A. SHARMA AND
PUBLIC INTEREST LTTTGATION No.2Z3 oF 2Or4
ORDER' tp- rr'" s-,bte the chief Jusn.e saish ch@d/d shamdl
Learned counsel lor rhe petitioner is lair enough in stating bclirle rhis Court rhar cause in the prcscnt public interest litigation does not slrn,ive.
Resultantly, the public interest litigation stands disposed of as infructuous
Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand
closed. There shall be no order as to costs.
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To, 1 . One CC to Sri Prabhakar Peri, Advocate [OPUC] 2. One CC to Sri Namavarapu Rajeshwara Rao, A-ssistant Solicitor General toPUcl 3. Two CCs to the Additional Advocate General, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad. [OUT] 4. Two CCs to GP for Home, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad. tourl 5. One CC to Sri Kiran Palakurthi. Advocate IOPUCI 6. One CC to Sri A. Tulsi Raj Gol<ul, Advocat'e IOPUCI 7. Two CD Copies 8. One Spare Copy CHR BS ,.r.t!
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Vaddadi Murali
Union of India
State of Telangana
Siti Vision Digital Niedia Pvt. Ltd.
Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited
Digicable Network lndia Pvt. Ltd
Satish Chandra Sharma
Abhinand Kumar Shavili
As recorded by the court registry
Litigation brought on behalf of the public interest rather than a personal grievance, relaxing the usual rule of locus standi.
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