SC allows FM stations to air news

The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday upheld all FM stations' right to air news.

Acting upon a writ petition filed by a former central committee member of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) and editor of Communications Corner, Binod Dhungel, a three-member bench of the apex court, comprising justices Anup Raj Sharma, Khil Raj Regmi and Pawan Kumar Ojha made the decision.

The royal government had issued a controversial media ordinance barring FM stations from broadcasting news.

However FM stations were transmitting news after the apex court issued a stay order in the name of the government not to implement its decision to bar FM stations from transmitting news until the decision of the court.