The High Court (HC) on Monday (August 19) ordered the authorities concerned to suspend for seven days the broadcasting of private television channel Somoy TV.

A High Court division bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar passed the order after holding a hearing on a writ filed by one of the directors of the channel, Shampa Rahman, in this regard.

Senior jurists Mojibul Haque Bhuiyan and Ahsanul Karim moved the plea before the court, while Deputy Attorney General Foyej Ahmed stood for the state.

Petitioner's lawyer Ahsanul Karim confimred the matter to media.

"My client in her plea has said that Somoy TV was used as a mouthpiece of the previous government. She pleaded for necessary directions from the court so that the channel runs neutrally," he said.

BDST: 1811 HRS, AUGUST 19, 2024
MSK