Nepal's FM Radio Stations to Resume News Broadcasts
Posted on: Thursday, 1 December 2005, 06:00 CST
Excerpt from unattributed report by Nepalese newspaper Annapurna Post on 1 December
Kathmandu, 30 November: The Supreme Court [order] has opened the way for all FM radio stations to resume news broadcasts.
A division bench comprising Supreme Court Justices Anup Raj Sharma and Min Bahadur Rayamajhi on Wednesday [30 November] issued an interim order to the government not to implement the ban on FM radio stations airing news-related programmes, opening the way for news broadcasts.
The government had issued a prohibitory notice to the FM stations against broadcasting news-related programmes on 19 October.
Advocate Tulsi Ram Niraula had filed a writ petition against the ban on 28 October contending that the move was unconstitutional.
During the hearing held on Wednesday [30 November], advocates Subas Nemwang and Satish Krishna Kharel had demanded the issuance of an interim order arguing that the government's prohibitory notice against news broadcasts was against the freedom for information as guaranteed by the constitution.
Source: BBC Monitoring South Asia
Related Articles
- MedImmune Receives U.S. Government Order for Additional 29 Million Doses of Nasal Spray Vaccine for 2009 H1N1 Influenza
- Bangkok Broadcasting & T.V. Co. Files Court Order to Halt Illegal Copying, Selling and Re-Broadcasting of Copyrighted Programs
- Government Orders More Bird Flu Vaccine
- Hamas government orders new militia off Gaza's streets
- TV Watch Executive Director Jim Dyke Available March 16 to Discuss FCC Fines Against Broadcast Programs
- Nepal: Media Professionals Call for Unity Against Broadcasting Authority
- Thailand: Government Orders Seven Community Radio Stations to Shut Down
- Thai Government Orders Seven Community Radio Stations to Shut Down
- Government Orders Halt to Painkiller Sales
- Government Orders Re-Examination of Crucial Net Patent
 |
 |
User Comments (0)
RSS Feeds