SC agrees to hear telcos' plea on call drop penalty

March 03, 2016 12:10

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea of two cellular operator associations challenging Delhi high court order upholding TRAI's decision making it mandatory for them to compensate subscribers for call drops from January 1, 2016.

The plea of the associations was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur seeking urgent hearing on the matter.

The bench also comprising Justice U U Lalit asked the associations "Why don't you correct the system?"

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the telecom associations, said that this matter required urgent hearing as Delhi HC has upheld the TRAI order, after which the bench agreed to hear the plea tomorrow.

The high court had, earlier this week, upheld the October 16, 2016 decision of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India making it mandatory for cellular operators to pay consumers one rupee per call drop experienced on their networks, subject to a cap of Rs 3 a day.

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