ED) has virtually 'exonerated' Republic TV and R. Bharat -- English and Hindi news channels owned by Arnab R. Goswami, but the agency has booked 16 others of various private television channels.
The complaint filed by ARG Outlier Media Private Limited alludes to the statements made by Navika Kumar relating to the chats of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief and founder Arnab Goswami on her show on January 18.
The Mumbai Police has named Republic TV and two Marathi channels and has alleged that they had paid to illegally boost their TRP and earned profits illegally by getting higher rates for advertisements they earned due to high TRPs.
A two-judge bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee was hearing an appeal against the Bombay High Court denying the bail through video conferencing.
The hearing comes two days after the Bombay High Court turned down Goswami's plea against his arrest and the reopening of the case.
The distribution head Ghanshyam Singh of Republic TV, which is run by arrested anchor Arnab Goswami, is the twelfth accused being taken into custody by Mumbai Police in connection with the television rating point (TRP) scam.
The Governor also asked the Home Minister to allow the family of Arnab Goswami to see him and to speak to him.
'You have already filed petition in high court. Entertaining this petition without high court sends message that we don't have faith in high courts,' the court said.
'The bank accounts of the channels would be investigated, besides the funds they receive from advertisers and whether they are from proceeds of crimes,' it said.
Slapping a legal notice on Goswami, Vasantrao Naik Sheti Swavlamban Mission (VNSSM) President Kishore Tiwari, who is accorded Minister of State status, contended that the manner in which the debates are conducted on the channel were an attempt at "Contempt of the Supreme Court".
