The COMMUNICATORS (PVT.) LTD. vs PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY Ss — 2024 CLC 479 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation: 2024 CLC 479 ISLAMABAD
Court: Islamabad High Court
Year: 2024
Reporter: CLC
Parties: The COMMUNICATORS (PVT.) LTD. vs PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY Ss
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance

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Judgment text as reported

The COMMUNICATORS (PVT.) LTD. VS PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY Ss.4(3) & 24(4)---Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Radio Broadcast Station Operations) Regulations, 2012, Reglns.4 & 9---Radio broadcasting licence---Renewal---Categorization of licences---Petitioner company was operating three FM Radio Broadcasting Stations in three different cities---Petitioner company was aggrieved of demand of licence renewal fee by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority before process for categorization of licences was carried out as required by Regln. 9(2) of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Radio Broadcast Station Operations) Regulations, 2012---Validity---Category of licences granted to petitioner company was commercial and non-exclusive in nature---Neither Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002, nor Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Radio Broadcast Station Operations) Regulations, 2012, prohibited P.E.M.R.A. from demanding licence renewal fee without having carried out categorization of licences---There was no legal infirmity in P.E.M.R.A.'s demand for payment of licence renewal fee---In the event petitioner did not pay licence renewal fee, consequences set out in public notice issued by P.E.M.R.A. would ensue---Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (P.E.M.R.A.) ratified Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Radio Broadcast Station Operations) Regulations, 2012, at the time when Chairman P.E.M.R.A. had been appointed---Thereafter, P.E.M.R.A. made "Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Radio Broadcast Station Operations) Regulations, 2012, as amended in 2019, the vires whereof was not challenged by petitioner company---Constitutional petition was dismissed, in circumstances.

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