PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY vs PAKISTAN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION Regln — 2023 PLD 378 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2023 PLD 378 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2023
Reporter: PLD
Parties: PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY vs PAKISTAN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION Regln
Provisions referred to: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance (XIII of 2002); Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance; Said Ordinance

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Judgment text as reported

PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY VS PAKISTAN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION Regln. 9(5)---Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance (XIII of 2002), Ss. 29-A & 30(1)(a)---Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)---Power to levy and recover surcharge on late payment of annual fee pertaining to the licences granted to the private broadcasters by PEMRA---Legality---No specific provision in the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002 ('the Ordinance') empowers PEMRA to impose a surcharge on the late payment of annual fee---Said Ordinance only contemplates the levy of a licence fee and annual fee but does not empower PEMRA to levy any surcharge over and above the annual fee---Demand of surcharge under Regulation 9(5) of the) PEMRA (TV/Radio Broadcast Operations) Regulations, 2002 was ultra vires to the Ordinance which does not confer any power on PEMRA to impose and recover such a surcharge.

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