Hours after Kerala HC dismissed the petition filed by MediaOne challenging the I&B ministry’s order revoking its license citing security reasons, the channel went off air on Tuesday.
While pronouncing the judgement, Justice N Nagaresh said that the decision of the Ministry of Home Affairs to deny security clearance to the news channel was based on the intelligence inputs received from various agencies.
The HC declined the channel’s plea to keep the order in abeyance for two days to enable the filing of an appeal, the court declined the plea stating that it cannot be granted as the matter concerns national security.
MediaOne is operated by Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited under the Jamaat-e-Islami Kerala chapter. The channel was licensed in September 2011 and was officially launched on 10 February 2013.
