The Regulatory Commission's appeal against the Mtavari Channel was granted partially - the dispute will continue in the city court

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The Court of Appeal returns the lawsuit against the Mtavari Channel by the Regulatory Commission to the city court.

The second instance partially granted Bekauri's agency's request.

On 29 October, the Tbilisi City Court dismissed the lawsuit filed by Bekauri's office, which had been appealed by the regulatory commission. The appeal was partially granted and returned to the city court for review. The decision was recently made by the judge.

The case concerns videos that were aired on the Mtavari Channel ahead of the 14 October rallies - Freedom for Misha - Bekauri's office considered the videos to be political advertisements aired during the non-election period and filed the lawsuit.

According to the Mtavari Channel's lawyers, the videos were an expression of freedom and not a political advertisement.

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