In his order Justice E Padmanabhan, said it was unfortunate that despite the admission of the petition, pending for the past six years, the police had not taken any action. Granting two months time to complete the investigation, he further said that the final decision, if any, should be taken within 12 weeks.

For effective investigation and taking appropriate action, the Court has directed the Crime Branch to be in charge of the enquiry and depending upon the enquiry report, take a decision. It further added that if it was a fit case for proceeding further, the investigating officer should register a criminal case against the TV channel and order for prosecution.

However if no case was made out, the officer has been asked to issue notice to the Council which has also charged the channel with circulating pirated video cassettes through its network.