TRP case: HC adjourns hearing on bail plea of ex-BARC CEO
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Last Updated: Feb 02, 2021, 04:12 PM IST
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Dasgupta, who was arrested by the crime branch of the Mumbai Police on December 24 last year, sought bail on parity arguing that all other accused persons in the case were out on bail.
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday adjourned till February 9 the hearing on the bail plea of former BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council) CEO Partho Dasgupta, who is an accused in the alleged fake Television Rating Point (TRP) scam.
Dasgupta, who was arrested by the crime branch of the Mumbai Police on December 24 last year, sought bail on parity arguing that all other accused persons in the case were out on bail.
Updated Jan 28, 2021 · 08:34 pm File photos of Arnab Goswami of Republic TV and Times Now s Navika Kumar.
Republic TV on Thursday filed a defamation suit against Times Now anchor Navika Kumar for allegedly making statements about its Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in connection with the WhatsApp chats related to the Television Rating Point scam,
Bar & Bench reported.
Republic TV has alleged that Kumar made “reckless” and “grossly defamatory” statements during her show, Newshour, on January 18. In an attempt to change the mind of the people, Kumar accused Goswami of building his success by manipulating the TRP, the plea alleged.
The channel’s petition added:
Partho Dasgupta stable, shifted back to Taloja Jail
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Dasgupta had been moved to JJ Hospital on January 15
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Dasgupta had been moved to JJ Hospital on January 15
The Bombay High Court on Monday was informed that Partho Dasgupta, former chief executive officer and managing director of the Broadcast Audience Research Council and accused in the Television Rating Point (TRP) manipulation case, was shifted back to Taloja Central Jail from JJ Hospital.
Public prosecutor Deepak Thakare submitted Mr. Dasgupta’s medical report to a single judge bench of Justice P.D. Naik showing that he is in stable condition and said that if there was any medical emergency, he would be immediately shifted to the hospital.
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Ex-CEO of BARC Partho Dasgupta. File
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The Bombay High Court on Friday heard the bail plea filed by Partho Dasgupta, former chief executive officer and managing director of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), an accused in the Television Rating Point manipulation case.
The matter will be heard on January 25.
He was arrested from Pune on December 24, 2020, and is currently lodged at the Taloja Central Jail. On January 20, the City Civil and Sessions Court had rejected his bail and on January 4, the additional chief metropolitan magistrate had rejected his bail.
Before the sessions court, special public prosecutor Shishir Hiray opposed his bail on the grounds that WhatsApp chats had been leaked in which there were conversations between him and the Prime Minister s Office, which showed that he was an influential person and could tamper with evidence and sway witnesses who were either former or current employees of BARC.