Dhaka– The Supreme Court on Wednesday passed a ‘no order’ on a High Court order that allowed three Indian TV channels — Star Jalsha, Star Plus and Zee Bangla — to continue their telecast in Bangladesh.Appellate Division Chamber Judge Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the ‘no order’ while hearing a petition filed challenging the HC order.Following the SC order, there is no bar to continuation of the three Indian TV channels’ airing in the country.Eklas Uddin Bhuiya, a counsel for the petitioner, said the court asked for filing a leave-to-appeal petition before the court.Earlier on February 20, a petition was filed with the Supreme Court challenging the High Court order that rejected a writ petition seeking a ban on airing three Indian TV channels–Star Jalsha, Star Plus and Zee Bangla-in Bangladesh.The HC passed its order rejecting the writ on January 29.On August 7, 2014, Supreme Court lawyer Syeda Shahin Ara Laily filed the writ in the form of public interest litigation seeking to stop the operation of the three channels being aired in Bangladesh, arguing that those have been making an adverse impact on the social life of the country’s people.The petitioner, in her writ petition, also noted that the operation of the Indian satellite channels should be banned here as Bangladeshi television channels are not allowed to be aired in India.On October 19, 2014, the HC issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks as to why it should not directed to ask the cable operators to stop airing the three Indian satellite television channels.UNB agency
