Arnab Goswami
MUMBAI: ARG Outlier Media, the company that runs all Republic TV channels, has told the Bombay High Court that the Mumbai police s charge sheet in the fake TRP scam did not disclose any evidence against Republic TV and its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, who is an accused in the case.
In a rejoinder affidavit filed on Tuesday in the high court to counter the police s charge sheet, the company said the police had falsely implicated its employees in the case.
It said the entire case against its channels and employees arose out of an unparalleled political vendetta and a deeply malicious witch hunt .
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Ex-BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta mastermind of TRP scam: Mumbai sessions court
Dasgupta is accused of misusing his official position and conniving with with Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami to manipulate TRPs.
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MUMBAI: Former Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) CEO Partho Dasgupta is the mastermind of the Television Rating Points manipulation scam and there seemed more to the case than mere rigging of TRPs, as per the sessions court that had rejected his bail plea last month.
The copy of the January 20 order of the sessions court in Mumbai was made available on February 1, and was submitted in the Bombay High Court. On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court adjourned till February 9 the hearing on the bail plea of Dasgupta.
TRP scam: Bombay High Court asks ARG Media to complete its pleadings by February 9
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Last Updated: Jan 29, 2021, 03:29 PM IST
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ARG Outlier Media had approached the high court last year, seeking, among other things, that the police be restrained from taking coercive action against its employees.
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Friday directed ARG Outlier Media, the company that runs all Republic TV channels, to complete by February 9 its pleadings on its plea related to the Television Rating Points (TRP) scam case before the high court. A bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale also accepted the statement made by senior counsel Kapil Sibal, who appeared for the Maharashtra government, that the police will not take any coercive action against Republic TV editor-in- chief Arnab Goswami, and other employees of ARG Outlier Media, till February 12, the next date of hearing in the case.
The Bombay High Court on Friday directed ARG Outlier Media, the company that runs all Republic TV channels, to complete by February 9 its pleadings on its plea related to the Television Rating Points (TRP) scam case before the high court. A bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale also accepted the statement made by senior counsel Kapil Sibal, who appeared for the Maharashtra government, that the police will not take any coercive action against Republic TV editor-in- chief Arnab Goswami, and other employees of ARG Outlier Media, till February 12, the next date of hearing in the case. ARG Outlier Media had approached the high court last year, seeking, among other things, that the police be restrained from taking coercive action against its employees.