Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | spectrum Telecommunications sector BWA spectrum to UL |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Act(s) Referred | Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4 Referred Case 5 Referred Case 6 |
Case Type | Writ Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Others |
Headnote | Telecommunications:Conversion of BWA spectrum to UL (Unified Licence) i.e. migration of existing BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) spectrum to UL by respondent no.1 — Constitutional validity of — Held: The decision of respondent No.1 allowing migration from BWA to US license was valid and legal — First Telecom Policy was announced in 1994, which was replaced by revised Policy of 1999 and thereafter in the year 2004 and again substituted by Telecom Policy of 2012 — Having regard to such features/developments, in the year 2012, the TRAI started exercise of bringing UL regime — After due deliberations at appropriate levels, the Government of India issued the National Telecom Policy-2012 and announced approval for introduction of UL regime — This was followed by the-policy decision of DoT to allow migration to UL from UASL as well as ISP to UL regime - Thus, a policy decision was taken by the Government not only with regard to introduction of UL regime but it also allowed migration to UL from UASL as well as ISP to UL regime — This meant that those having UAS license which permitted data services only were allowed to migrate to UL enabling them to provide both data service as well as voice telephony — This was a pure policy decision after due deliberations by the experts in the fields and even TRAI had recommended allowing such migration — Records showed that various departments discussed pros and cons of migration of telecom licenses to UL regime; considered various apprehensions expressed; and ultimately arrived at consensus for switching over to this regime — This lead to conclusion that decision of the Government permitting migration of telecom licenses to UL regime was valid, legal and without any blemish. Telecommunications sector — Brief history of the development |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri |
Neutral Citation | 2016 INSC 300 |
Petitioner | Centre For Public Interest Litigation |
Respondent | Union Of India & Ors. |
SCR | [2016] 2 S.C.R. 699 |
Judgement Date | 2016-04-08 |
Case Number | 382 |
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