The Civil Court has ruled that parliament’s Maldives Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) cannot obtain the assets of the government’s Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation (MNBC) by filing lawsuits against the Finance Ministry.
The assets of state-run broadcasters Television Maldives and Voice of Maldives were transferred to the 100 percent government-owned corporation MNBC on decree of the executive.
According to a report in Haveeru, Civil Court Judge Hathif Hilmee said that the MNBC was itself a legal entity and that a trial could not be continued unless a lawsuit was filed against the media corporation.
Hathif said that presenting a lawsuit against the MNBC without suing the corporation neglected the company’s protection under the Company Act.
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