Court throws out Sharma challenge to suspension, ACB

Bharrat Jagdeo

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang on Wednesday discharged the action to overturn the four-month suspension of CNS Channel 6 last year and to contest the constitutionality of the Advisory Committee on Broadcasting (ACB).

Handing down his decision in the case, which stemmed from former President Bharrat Jagdeo imposing the suspension as a sanction for a commentary that was aired, Justice Chang noted that the station owners admitted to breaching the law and that the proceedings did not allow for any order to be made against the president.

Jagdeo instituted the suspension based on the recommendation of the ACB. The ACB had recommended no less than a