Melbourne: An Australian court today rejected the 2Day FM station's petition, paving the way for the country's media watchdog to conclude its probe into handling of a royal prank call by the Sydney-based radio station that led to the death of an Indian-origin nurse in the UK.
With the ruling handed out by the federal court, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) can now conclude its investigation into the handling of last year's prank call to see if any law were breached by the radio station that led to death of 46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha.
Federal Court Judge Richard Edmonds dismissed 2Day FM's plea to permanently restrain ACMA from finding that it committed a criminal offence or breached the conditions of its broadcasting licence, according to media reports here.
The application follwed after ACMA's said in its interim report that 2Day FM had breached regulations by recording and broadcasting the prank call that preceded Saldanha's suicide.
