AG cautions Supreme Court of intruding into policy domain

Attorney General K K Venugopal on Wednesday defended The Tribunals Reforms Act of 2021 in the Supreme Court and said that many times the top court through its judgments had waded "into the policy......

Nothing wrong in judges being pro-govt or against it, says Delhi HC CJ

There is nothing wrong with judges being pro-government or against the government as they may have different outlooks and approaches towards the issues before them and it leads to the development......

SC rejects petition to ban WhatsApp

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking ban on WhatsApp and other communication applications on security grounds and claiming that these services violated the law. The bench headed......

2G scam: BJP demands SIT probe against PMO

In wake of former Telecom Minister A Raja's accusation that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was in the loop in the policy decisions taken by his ministry, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday......

SC deals Rs 92,641 crore blow to telecom cos

In a setback to telecom service providers, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Centre's plea to recover adjusted gross revenue (AGR) of about Rs 92,000 crore from them.  A three-judge......

Telecom woes unlikely to ease with TDSAT verdict

After falling 11 per cent over the past six months, shares of Bharti Airtel gained over three per cent on news that the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) had given a......

NCLT asks telecom department not to terminate Aircel's license and spectrum

The tribunal accepted the government's argument that licence or spectrum is a state asset over which Aircel had no right of ownership. In a relief to lenders of insolvent telecom company Aircel,......

How a telecom miracle can happen in India

The mistrust between the authorities and service providers can end if the contentious issues are addressed as a package deal, says Nripendra Misra. A few weeks ago the telecom minister had......