Top Law News HC declines to stay implementation of TRAI regulations for TV services December 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Friday declined to stay implementation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s March, 2017 regulations and tariff order relating to fixation of charges for free and pay channels. Rejecting the interim prayer plea in a petition filed by a cable TV association, Justice S Vaidyanathan issued notice to the TRAI and […] Read more » TRAI
High Profile Cases Madras High Court issues notice to telecom ministry and TRAI on stopping of Aircel’s service March 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today issued notice to the telecom ministry and TRAI on a PIL seeking a direction for resumption of mobile provider Aircel’s services at the earliest. “Over 25 lakh subscribers have been affected by the sudden stoppage of service by the cellular company. This is highly unethical and should have been viewed […] Read more » TRAI
Top Law News Delhi HC dismisses Vodafone’s plea on IUC September 6, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has dismissed Vodafone’s petition against the consultation process adopted by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for fixing interconnection usage charges (IUCs) between cellular and fixed line operators. “The petition is dismissed,” Justice Vibhu Bakhru said. IUCs are charges paid by operators of telecommunication services on whom the call originates […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News TRAI Vodafone's plea on IUC
Top Law News Idea in Delhi HC against TRAI’s Rs 950 cr fine imposition January 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Idea Cellular today moved Delhi High Court against TRAI’s recommendation to impose penalty of Rs 950 crore on the telecom firm for allegedly not providing interconnection to Reliance Jio (RJIO), even as DoT said the plea was premature. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) claimed before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Idea Law Legal News Reliance Jio RJIO Telecom firm TRAI
Top Law News TRAI recommendation to impose fine on Vodafone challenged in Delhi HC December 16, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Telecom major Vodafone today told the Delhi High Court that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s recommendation to the Centre to impose Rs 1050 crore penalty on it for not giving interconnectivity to Reliance Jio was an “arbitrary” decision. TRAI has recommended imposition of a fine of Rs 50 crore for each of the 21 […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News TRAI Vodafone
Top Law News TRAI regulation on call drops is arbitrary, unreasonable: SC May 11, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the TRAI regulation making it mandatory for telecom companies to compensate subscribers for call drops holding it as “arbitrary, unreasonable and non-transparent”. “We have held the impugned regulation to be ultra vires, arbitrary, unreasonable and non-transparent,” a bench comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and R F Nariman said. The […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News regulation on call drops Supreme Court TRAI
Top Law News SC reserves order in call drop case May 4, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on the telecom companies’ plea against the Delhi High Court order making it mandatory for cellular operators to compensate for call drops. The Delhi High Court had earlier this year upheld October 16, 2015 decision of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), making it mandatory for cellular […] Read more » Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi call drop case featured reserves order in call drop case SC TRAI
Top Law News Delhi HC upholds TRAI order to compensate consumers for call drops February 29, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment In a significant development, the Delhi High Court today upheld telecom regulator’s Trai decision asking operators to mandatory compensate mobile users with rupee one for every call drop, maximum to three calls per day. Telecom operators had approached the Delhi High Court against Trai’s regulation. Petitions were filed by the Cellular Operators Association of […] Read more » Call drops Court Delhi HC upholds TRAI order to compensate consumers for call drops Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News TRAI
Top Law News Call drops: TRAI says no coercive steps against telecos till Jan 6 December 22, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday told Delhi HC that no coercive steps would be taken against telecom companies till January 6 in connection with call drop norms. The telecom regulator had said that it would be mandatory for cellular operators to compensate subscribers for call drops from January 1. Meanwhile, the operators […] Read more » Call drops Call drops: TRAI says no coercive steps against telecos till Jan 6 Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News TRAI
Top Law News Delhi HC asks TRAI to respond on plea challenging call ruling December 14, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought response of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on a plea challenging its tariff order making it mandatory for cellular operators to compensate subscribers for call drops from January 1. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath issued notice to the TRAI on a plea […] Read more » Delhi HC asks TRAI to respond on plea challenging call ruling Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News TRAI
Top Law News Vodafone challenges TRAI”s interconnect norms November 27, 2015 / November 28, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Telecom major Vodafone Mobile Service Ltd and its group companies today moved the Delhi High Court challenging TRAI’s Telecommunication Interconnect Usage Charges Regulations, 2015 by which it has fixed termination charges for wireline to wireless as zero paise and wireless to wireless to Rs 0.14 per minute. Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) or termination charges are […] Read more » Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News TRAI Vodafone Vodafone challenges TRAI''s interconnect norms
Consumer Law News Vodafone withdraw its plea against DoT from HC November 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Vodafone today withdrew from the Delhi High Court its plea alleging the Centre is indulging in “arm-twisting” and “coercive” tactics by refusing to sign its unified licence (UL) till the telecom major unconditionally accepts the “restrictive” clauses in the licence. The petition was withdrawn after a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul […] Read more » Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed Justice Siddharth Mridul TDSAT Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI Vodafone withdraw its plea against DoT
