Supreme Court of India

Centre for Public Interest Litigation v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 2 S.C.R. 699
Decided 8 April 2016

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid developments, ' for the time being, we leave the matter to the Government to take an appropriate decision in this behalf.

Judgment, page 42

From the headnote

Telecommunitations: Conversion of EWA spectrum to UL (Unified Licence) i.e. migration of existing BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) spectrum to UL by respondent no.I - Constitutional validity of - Held: The decision of respondent No.I allowing migration from BWA to US license was valid and legal - First Telecom Policy was announced in I994, which was replaced by revised Policy of I999 and thereafter in the year 2004 and again substituted by Telecom Policy of 20I 2 - Having regard to such features/developments, in the year 20I 2, the TRAI started exercise of bringing UL regime -After due

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