The central government that has been made
a respondent
to the petitions, reportedly, failed to come up with convincing explanations
as to why Delhi was denotified and taken off the CAS rollout roadmap.
The chief justice of the high court, who is hearing the case, however,
has allowed the government to furnish more details. He has directed
that the official records regarding CAS and various meetings held
relating to it, be produced in the court tomorrow.
The petitions against the government have been filed by Zee Telefilms
cable arm Siti Cable, the Delhi-based
Cable Networks Association and an individual.
By and large, the petitioners have said that a deferment of CAS
in Delhi has lead to, and can further escalate financial losses
for multi-system operators and cable operators who had invested
in infrastructure after assurances from the government on CAS.
The individual Delhi resident, however, has petitioned that he
should get the cable service at Rs 72 (excluding local taxes) comprising
all the free-to-air channels as had been envisaged during a CAS
regime.
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