CIVIL APPEAL COURT TO EXAMINE GALA’S COMPLAINT ON APRIL 11
Noyan Tapan
April 10, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Civil Appeal Court will examine
the complaint on the dispute between Gyumri mayor’s office and Chap
LLC – founder of Gala television company on April 11, at 11 am,
NT correspondent was informed by the headquarters on protection of
speech freedom and Gala TV company.
To recap, on November 23, 2007, Gymri mayor’s office filed a claim to
the RA Economic Court with the request to oblige Chap LLC to remove
its broadcasting antenna from Gymri’s old television tower which,
according to a cadastre certificate, was managed by the mayor’s office
since November 5, 2007. In its counter-claim, Chap LLC requested to
establish a servitude on this tower for installing a broadcasting
antenna on it. The company filed a counter-claim to court after the
mayor of Gyumri V, Ghukasian had twice rejected the offer of some
public figures to solve the problem outside of court and then he had
rejected (in a court speech of his representative) the offer to sign
a reconciliation agreement and to rent the tower.
Judge of the Shirak regioal court A. Khachatrian on February 29 ruled
to sustain the claim of the mayor’s office against Chap LLC and oblige
this company to remove the antenna and cable from the tower. Chap
LLC on March 28 disputed this decision in the RA Civil Appeal Court.