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No Coercive Action Against Republic TV s Operator ARG Employees Till January 6: Mumbai Police to HC
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The ARG Outlier Media operates Republic TV. It has approached the HC, seeking, among other things, that the police be restrained from taking coercive action against its employees.
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The Mumbai Police told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that it will not take any coercive action till January 6 next year against ARG Outlier Media’s officials and employees, who are named in its charge sheet in the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging case. A bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik accepted the statement and extended its order protecting such employees till January 6, the next date of hearing in the matter.
TRP scam: Republic Media Network s CEO gets bail
India
Updated: Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 14:29 [IST]
Mumbai, Dec 16: A Mumbai court on Wednesday granted bail to Republic Media Network s Chief Executive Officer Vikas Khanchandani, who was arrested in the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam. Khanchandaniwas arrested on Sunday from his residence here by the police s Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU).
Republic Media Network s Chief Executive Officer Vikas Khanchandani
A metropolitan magistrate court granted bail to Khanchandani on a cash surety of Rs 50,000, his lawyer Niteen Pradhan informed. The police began a probe into the alleged scam after ratings agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint through Hansa Research Agency about rigging of TRP by some channels.
MUMBAI: Vikas Khanchandani, CEO Republic TV, arrested in the TRP manipulation case, was produced before the magistrate’s court on Tuesday and sent to judicial custody for 14 days. His lawyer Niteen Pradhan has submitted a bail plea.
“Among the grounds seeking bail, we have cited that his arrest is a gross misuse of power and abuse of process of law. He is neither named in the FIR nor the chargesheet,” Pradhan said. The bail plea will be heard on Wednesday.
Khanchandani was arrested on Sunday. At the time of his arrest, his anticipatory bail plea was pending before the sessions court.
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15 Dec, 2020 - 09:38 AM IST | By Mansi Sharma
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It would be no exaggeration to describe 2020 as a nightmarish sequence straight out of an apocalyptic film – with a global pandemic throwing the world in turmoil, disturbing footage of numerous coffins being lowered into the ground, a number of beloved celebrities breathing their last, and a sense of uncertainty looming over everyone’s head. Industries across sectors battled production-stoppages, demand changes, cash crunch, and had to make many tough choices for sustenance. It was no different for the Indian news industry. While the year also turned out to be a hot bed of controversies, the businesses also won big on certain levels. It went through its own set of good, bad and ugly moments through the year.