PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY (PEMRA) vs ARY COMMUNICATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED (ARY DIGITAL) Ss — 2023 PLD 431 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2023 PLD 431 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2023
Reporter: PLD
Parties: PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY (PEMRA) vs ARY COMMUNICATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED (ARY DIGITAL) Ss
Provisions referred to: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance

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Judgment text as reported

PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY (PEMRA) VS ARY COMMUNICATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED (ARY DIGITAL) Ss. 26(2) & 27(a)---Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Councils of Complaints) Rules, 2010, Rr. 8 & 10---Council of Complaints---Power to receive and review complaints against any 'advertisement'---Scope---Inadvertent drafting omission in statute---Although the word "advertisement" is not mentioned in subsection (2) of Section 26 of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002 ('the Ordinance') but it is found mentioned in subsection (5) thereof---Omission of the word advertisement in subsection (2) of Section 26 appears to be an accidental one, as it does not fit within the overall intent of the legislature manifested from reading the provisions of Section 26 as a whole---Subsection (5) of Section 26 clearly empowers the Councils of Complaints to make a recommendation to PEMRA for the action of censure or fine against a licensee for violation of the codes not only of programmes content but also of advertisements---Provisions of subsection (5) of Section 26 thus make the intent of the legislature abundantly clear that it intended to confer the power on the Councils of Complaints to receive and review complaints against any aspects of programmes or advertisements, which shall be so read in subsection (2) of Section 26, in order to give effect to that manifest intent of the legislature.

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