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SC notice to Centre, TRAI, 11 Tel Cos on 2G spectrum allocation
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merisarkar news service
New Delhi, January 10, 2011 |
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Notices to all concerned parties
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The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on the plea seeking cancellation of 2G spectrum licenses allocated during the tenure of former Telecom Minister A Raja. The apex court also issued notices to 11 companies which allegedly did not fulfill the roll out obligations as per the terms and conditions of allocation of the spectrum.
The apex court also impleaded TRAI as a respondent in the petition. A bench comprising justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly sought the response from the Department of Telecom and the companies within three weeks and posted the matter for hearing on February 1.
The bench was hearing a petition filed by an NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation seeking cancellation of the licenses alleging that all norms were violated. The companies which were issued notices were Etisalat, Uninor, Loop Telecom, Videocon, S-Tel, Allianz Infra, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices, Sistema Shyam Teleservices, Dishnet wireless and Vodafone-Essar.
The bench also questioned the silence of TRAI, which is the highest regulatory authority in the telecom sector, on the issue of alleged delay in fulfilling roll-out obligations of the companies which were issued 2G spectrum licenses.
The bench was also hearing the petition filed by Janata Party Chief Subramanian Swamy who has also sought identical directions.
However, the bench asked Swamy to make the companies, who have not fulfiled the roll out obligations, as parties, and then it will hear the matter along with the CPIL petition.
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