{"id":42360,"date":"2016-04-08T06:58:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T01:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42360"},"modified":"2016-04-08T06:58:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T01:28:03","slug":"sc-dismisses-pil-4g-licences-reliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-dismisses-pil-4g-licences-reliance","title":{"rendered":"SC dismisses PIL against 4G licences to Reliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41695\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/trai.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41695\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41695\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-hc-to-pronounce-verdict-on-trais-tariff-order-on-call-drop\/trai-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/trai.jpg?fit=660%2C437&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"660,437\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"trai\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/trai.jpg?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/trai.jpg?fit=640%2C424&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-41695 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/trai.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC dismisses PIL against 4G licences to Reliance\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/trai.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/trai.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC dismisses PIL against 4G licences to Reliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL filed by an NGO challenging grant of 4G licences to MukeshAmbani&#8217;s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL).<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur junked the petition of NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), which challenged the government&#8217;s decision to allow the company to offer voice services on its 4G spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court, however, asked the government to look into the issue of spectrum usage charge (SUC) but did not pass any order on this.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL, filed in 2014 through advocate Prashant Bhushan, had sought quashing of the permission granted by the Government to Reliance for providing voice telephony on Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum and pitched for a court-monitored CBI\u00a0investigation in the alleged Rs 40,000 crore scam.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL filed by an NGO challenging grant of 4G licences to MukeshAmbani&#8217;s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL). 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