SC allows FM stations to air news

The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday upheld all FM stations' right to air news.

Acting upon a writ petition filed by a former central committee member of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) and editor of Communications Corner, Binod Dhungel, a three-member bench of the apex court, comprising justices Anup Raj Sharma, Khil Raj Regmi and Pawan Kumar Ojha made the decision.

The royal government had issued a controversial media ordinance barring FM stations from broadcasting news.

However FM stations were transmitting news after the apex court issued a stay order in the name of the government not to implement its decision to bar FM stations from transmitting news until the decision of the court. nepalnews.com pb May 05 06