High Court Rejects ABN’s Petition Against MSOs

Andhrajyothy’s ABN News Channel’s petition in High Court requesting the court to direct Telangana MSOs to restart telecasting it’s channel has been rejected by the Court.

The High Court struck down the petition and said it can’t intervene in the businesses of MSOs when there is no law or contract being violated by MSOs actions. The MSOs succeeded in their argument that they are not bound to telecast any particular channel as they don’t have any contracts with any of the channels. The MSOs argument rested on the fact that their businesses would be guided by what their viewers want and don’t want.

The court reportedly advised ABN to sort out the issues directly with the MSOs instead of making things more complicated.

ABN has been facing severe criticism from Telangana public for it’s chauvinist approach against Telangana Statehood. Here is how the public asked the channel asked shut up and get out when it tried to create unwanted controversies over Govt. policy.

Here is a spirited defense of MSOs’ boycott of the channels by ex-President of MSOs Kuldip Sahani.