JUDGMENT

SAWANT, J. :-—(For himself and on behalf of S. Mohan, J.) Leave granted.

It will be convenient to answer the questions of law that arises in the present case, before we advert to the factual controversy between the parties. The questions of law are :

[1] Has an organiser or producer of any event a right to get the event telecast through an agency of this choice whether national or foreign?

[2] Has such organiser a choice of the agency of telecasting, particularly when the exercise of his right, does not make demand on any of the frequencies owned, commanded or controlled by the Government or the Government agencies like the Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) or Doordarshan (DD)?

[3] Can such an organiser be prevented from creating the terrestrial signal and denied the facility of merely uplinking the terrestrial signal to the satellite owned by another agency whether foreign or national?

[4] What, if any, are the conditions which can be imposed by the Government department which in the present case is the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) for (a) creating terrestrial signal of the event and (b) granting facilities of uplinking to a satellite not owned or controlle