The Supreme Administrative Court docket upheld the ruling of the Administrative Court docket right now, dismissing the lawsuit, filed by the secretariat of the Prime Minister’s Workplace, demanding 2.8 billion baht in unpaid concession charges from the iTV Public Firm, a unit of Shin Corp, as a part of their joint settlement to function a tv station utilizing the UHF spectrum.
The Supreme Administrative Court docket’s ruling successfully places an finish to the iTV concession charges saga, which has dragged on since 2007 and thru a number of administrations.
The dispute was first raised, by the secretariat of the PM’s Workplace, with an arbitration panel, as agreed within the contract. The panel dominated in 2016 that iTV didn’t owe any unpaid concession charges. The case was finally taken to the Administrative Court docket by the PM’s Workplace’s secretariat, however the court docket rejected its demand for unpaid charges. The ruling was subsequently appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court docket, which gave its remaining ruling right now.
The PM’s Workplace granted a 30-year concession to iTV Plc on July 3rd, 1995 to function a free-to-air nationwide TV station. After a prolonged dispute between the 2 events over the concession charges, the Public Relations Division took over the station in 2007, after the cupboard revoked the concession.
After its title was modified to Thailand Unbiased Tv, it closed in January 2008. The channel’s frequency was reassigned to Thai PBS, in accordance with the Public Broadcasting Service Act B.E. 2551 (2008)
