Bombay HC stays suspension of BARC ratings of India News

Bombay High Court, in its order dated December 6, 2016, has stayed the suspension of BARC ratings of India News. Describing the suspension of India News ratings by BARC as ‘arbitrary and illegal’, the court stated that the suspension and subsequent communication to all the subscribers has been prima-facie seen as a reputation maligning action. 

Earlier, BARC had temporarily suspended India News’ ratings for a period of four weeks. 

In a statement following the court order, Varun Kohli, CEO, India News, said, “India News is a credible news channel in the broadcasting business in the country and has grown consistently in the last four years, both in the times of BARC ratings and TAM ratings, the predecessor of BARC. As a news channel, we uphold strong journalistic values and have established ourselves as a trustworthy and responsible media house in the country and have enjoyed unconditional support from all the stakeholders over the years. We are very confident that all the stakeholders and our well-wishers will continue to support us as they have done till now and we wish to work more closely with one and all.” 

Reacting to the Court order, Partho Dasgupta, CEO, BARC India, said, “The honourable Court has given an ad-interim order and we have no comment as the matter is still sub judice.” 

He further said, “We are confident about what we have done. We will continue to act as per our board and government guidelines, with the objective of providing the Indian broadcast industry with an accurate, robust and reliable television audience measurement system.”

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