Trai DTH Rule Changes: No Relief for Broadcasters from Bombay HC

On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court heard the petitions filed by the broadcasters and the major group of all broadcasters being represented by the groups. Some of the big names which had approached the Bombay HC in regards to the new Trai DTH rules included the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), Star India, Viacom18, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) and more. These broadcasters have been against the new amendments made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on the Trai tariff regime. To seek some interim relief and to challenge the new amendments legally, the broadcasters had filed petitions in the Bombay HC. The bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RI Chagla heard the petitions from the broadcasters. Although it appears that the broadcasters did not really get clarity on the decision and also there was no interim relief for these companies. However, the HC has asked Trai to submit an affidavit explaining why it has decided to change the existing rules governing the DTH and the broadcasting industry.

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Broadcasters Fail to Get Relief from Bombay HC

The broadcasters were seeking interim relief from the Bombay HC regarding the implementation of the new rules for the DTH industry because the new rules ask the broadcasters to comply with these regulations in a very unreasonably short amount of time. The broadcasters have also put forth their thoughts saying that the new changes in the DTH and broadcasting rules also change the way how the broadcasters have been doing business, and it affects them negatively. The companies have also asserted that they were just getting adjusted to the new Trai tariff regime which was rolled out in February 2019 and these new changes are too sudden and are likely to affect the broadcasting and DTH industry negatively.