The Supreme Court (SC) ordered the government to permit Kantipur Television (KTV) Network, a private Television station of the country to use satellite link between its central studio in Kathmandu and relay stations outside.

Acting on a writ petition filed by KTV Managing Director Ganesh Agrawal, Justices Min Bahadur Rayamaji and Bal Ram KC ordered the Ministry of Information and Communications to allow the network to use satellite link and complete all the necessary procedures within one month.

KTV had moved the court after the then royal government cancelled its permission to use a Television Receive Only (TVRO) device to link its Master Control Room in Kathmandu to a regional relay station in Dhankuta (Bhedetar). The broadcaster plans to use TVRO to link its station in Kathmandu and eight regional relay stations.

Welcoming the court verdict, KTV’s MD Agrawal further said, “We finally got justice.”