JUDGEMENT

1. This Petition, under Section 14 , read with Section 14 A, of the TRAI Act , 1997, hereinafter referred to as “ TRAI Act ”, has been filed by Den Networks Ltd., Petitioner, against Sobhagya Media Pvt. Limited, with a prayer for amount of a decree, in the tune Rs. 1,79,57,751/- (Rupees One Crore Seventy Nine Lacs Fifty Seven Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty one only), due as on 30.09.2018, with interest pendentelite and future, @ 18% per annum.

2. In brief, the Petition contends, that the Petitioner is carrying on Multi Systems Operation business, as a cable television service provider, duly registered under the provisions of Section 3, of the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995. The Respondent, is a company, incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and it owns and operates various satellite television channels, as Broadcaster. The parties have had a long standing relationship with each other. A channel placement agreement, was executed on 15^th December, 2015, for the period 1^st August 2015 till 31^st July 2016, for placing Respondent’s channel “APN News”, on Petitioner’s network, across the areas as agreed and mentioned under Annexure - A of the agreement