Sun TV Network on Saturday declined to comment on reports that its channels face the possibility of getting their broadcasting licences cancelled after being denied security clearance by the Union Home Ministry.

A senior official of Sun TV Network said no written document from any statutory authority had been received. “We have no formal communication as yet and hence we cannot be commenting on any unsubstantiated report,” Sun Group CFO, S L Narayanan, told The Hindu when asked about a report that the group promoted by media baron Kalanithi Maran had been denied security clearance.

In the past, the Ministry of Home affairs (MHA) had denied security clearance to 40 plus radio channels run by the group. “The matter is sub-judice and before the Madras High Court; we have been granted all the interim reliefs that we prayed for,” Mr. Narayanan said.

The CFO said that it was business as usual at the Maran Towers. “It is a fact that the Company has always been in full compliance of all the laws of the land, paid all our taxes on time and continues to be a model corporate citizen. It is inconceivable that Sun TV can ever pose a risk to national security,” he said.

Currently, Sun TV and its channels are seen in 54 million homes in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala by well over 250 million Indians.