ORDER :

A.P. Sahi, J.

(Prayer in W.P.No.19816 of 2019: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of Declaration, declaring that the restriction cast by the Impugned Provisions Section 3(1) of the Broadcasting Act limiting the mediums of broadcasting through which the Respondent No. 4 can retransmit the live broadcasting signals of the sporting events of national importance as shared with it to only the Respondent No.4’s terrestrial networks and DTH networks is null and void and unconstitutional and consequently declaring that the Respondent No. 4 has the right to retransmit the live broadcasting signals of the sporting events of national importance as shared with it by the content right owners/holders as well as the broadcasting service providers on any of the mediums available on free-to-air basis to the benefit of the citizens of India, including but not limited to the respondent No.4’s OTT platform as well as other third party platforms which retransmit the content on a free-to-air basis.

W.P.No.19822 of 2019: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of Declaration, declaring that the res