SC clears way for airing 3 Indian TV channels

Staff Correspondent: The Supreme Court (SC) discarded a writ petition filed seeking halt of the High Court order that cleared the way to air the Indian channels in Bangladesh.

Chamber judge of the Appellate Division Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed no order on the petition on Wednesday.

The three Indian channels -- Star Jalsha, Star Plus and Zee Bangla -- can be aired in the country, according to the SC verdict.

In August of 2014, Supreme Court lawyer Syeda Shahin Ara Laily filed the writ in the form of public interest litigation seeking to stop operation of the three Indian TV channels being aired in Bangladesh, arguing that those have been making an adverse impact on the social life of the country's people.

Later on 29 January, the High Court dismissed the writ petition and ordered airing of the three Indian TV channels in Bangladesh to continue.

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