Image copyright EPA Image caption Protesters rallied outside the Supreme Court after its verdictGeorgia`s Supreme Court has ordered to return the nation`s biggest independent TV channel to its previous co-owner, a move denounced by government critics.
After Thursday`s verdict, demonstrators held a protest rally outside the Supreme Court in the capital, Tbilisi.
He also invited Mr Khalvashi to sell Rustavi 2 to its current management, after the owner had suggested he would sell the channel in the future.
The US embassy in Tbilisi and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) expressed concern over the court`s ruling.
The court backed a claim by owner Kibar Khalvashi that the former government illegally forced him to surrender his shares in Rustavi 2.
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