Centre for P.i.L. and ors. Vs. Union of India and ors.

Decided On : Feb-02-2012

Court : Supreme Court of India

LAW: Constitution, Article 14 of the Constitution and, The Indian Telegraph Act, section 11, section 12, section 11, Section 11(1)(a)(i, Section 11(1, Constitutional, the TRAI Act, Article 14 of the Constitution, Section 11(1, Article 14 of the Constitution and, Article 14 of the Constitution, Constitutional, Article 14 of the Constitution, Article 14 of the Constitution

ORG: G.S. Singhvi, Centre for Public Interest Litigation, Society, Shri V.M. Tarkunde, Court, Society, Non-Governmental Organisations, Central Vigilance, the Indian Police Service, C.R.P.F., FTII, IIFT, Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Milia Islamia University, Transparency International India, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the Department of Telecommunications, the Council of Ministers, UAS Licences, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, the East India Company, the Central Government, Government, Government of India, Post & Telegraph Department, Indian Telephone Industries Ltd., the Centre for Development of Telematics, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd., MTNL, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd., VSNL, The New Economic Policy of, Value Added Services, Voice Mail, Data Services, Audio Text Services, Video Text Services, Video Conferencing, Radio Paging, Cellular Mobile Telephone, National Telecom Policy, National Telecom Policy, NTP 1994, Cellular Mobile Telephone Service, Kolkata (Calcutta) andChennai, CMTS, Basic Telephone Services, BTS, Group on Telecommunications (GoT, GoT, Cabinet, NTP 1999, Public Teleinfo, Integrated Services Digital Network, ISDN, Indian Telecom Companies, Cellular Mobile Service Providers, Fixed Service Providers, Cable Service Providers, Radio Paging Service Providers, National Long Distance Operators, International Long Distance Operators, Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite, Service Providers, the National Frequency Allocation Plan, NFAP, NFAP, the International Telecommunication Union, ITU, b)an Inter-Ministerial Group, Wireless Planning Coordination Committee, the Ministry of Communications, the Telecommunication Commission, `the Telecom Commission', the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the Council of Ministers, the Telecom Commission, CABINET, the Government of India, the Government of India, a Telecommunication Commission, the Atomic Energy Commission, Commission, the Government of India, the Department of Telecommunications, Commission, Commission, the Government of India, the Department of Telecommunications, Finance, Commission, the Department of Telecommunications, the Department of Telecommunications, Government, the Department of Telecommunications, Government, Parliament, Commission, the Government of India, the Department of Telecommunications, the Government of India, the Department of Telecommunications, Commission, Commission, Commission, Finance, Commission, the Government of India, the Department of Telecommunications, Department, Commission, Commission, the Telecom Board, The Rules of Business for the Telecom Commission, the Telecom Commission, Parliament, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, the Telecom Disputes Settlement, Appellate Tribunal, Functions of Authority, Authority, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Act, the Central Government, Authority, the Central Government, Central Government, Authority, Authority, Government, Authority, the Central Government, the Central Government, Authority, the Central Government, the Central Government, Authority, Authority, Authority, the Central Government, Central Government, Authority, Authority, Authority, Authority, State, Authority, Power of Authority, Authority, the Central Government, the Telegraph Authority, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, D.O. No, a)Jammu & Kashmir - Andamans & Nicobar Islands, DOT/MTNL, DOT, NTP 99, DOT, Multi Stage Informed Ascending Bids, NLDO, J & K, Nicobar, DOT, NTP 99, NTP 99, IRR, GSM, BICP, Cellular Mobile Services, DOT, the Government of India, CMTS, NTP 1994, NTP 1999, Guidelines, USO, Unified Access Licensing Regime, Group of Ministers, NTP, FDI, the State Governments, the Group of Ministers, GOM, Defence, GoM, Wireless Planning & Coordination, Department of Telecom, Defence, The Ministry of Defence, The Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Defence Ministry of Finance, the Department of Telecom, The Department of Telecom, Ministry of Finance, Department of Telecom, GoM, Department of Telecom, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Finance, the Task Force, Annexures II & III.(Page, GoM, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Unified Licensing Regime, Unified Licensing/Automatic Authorization Regime, The Unified Licensing/Automatic Authorization Regime, the Unified Access Regime, the Unified Access Licensing, BSO, Reliance Infocom, Unified Access Licensing Regime, Unified License and Unified Access Service License, Unified Access Service, Unified Licensing, TDSAT, Government, TDSAT, the Basic Service Operators, GoM, Unified Access Service, Unified Licensing, Department of Telecommunications, the Unified Access Licensing Regime, the Minister of Communication & IT, License Authorisation Regime, the Minister of Communications & IT, Government, TDSAT, Finance Ministry, the Group of Ministers, the Council of Ministers, NTP 1999, UAS Licences, UAS Licensees, UAS Licensees, UASL, the Minister of C& IT, Telecom Commission, the Ministers of Defence, Home Affairs, Finance, Parliamentary Affairs, Information and Broadcasting and C& IT, Planning Commission, The Terms of Reference of, the Group of Ministers, the Minister C& IT, the Terms of Reference, GoM, the Terms of Reference, the Terms of Reference, Spectrum Pricing, Cabinet, the Terms of Reference, UAS Licence, Adjusted Gross Revenue, CMTS/UAS/Basic, i. Substantial, UASL, UASL, GSM, UASL, Authority, Authority, UASL, Authority, Authority, GSM, Authority, GSM, theGovernment, Authority, Authority, Authority, CAPEX, Authority, Authority, Authority, Authority, Authority, Chennai, Kolkatta, Authority, Authority, Authority, Authority, Authority, GSM, an Internal Committee of the DoT, Committee, the Telecom Commission, Finance, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Department of Information Technology, Planning Commission, the Telecom Commission, the Internal Committee, the Minister of C& IT, the Telecom Commission, the Internal Committee of the DoT, the Telecom Commission, the Ministry of Finance, Cabinet, DDG, UAS Licence, UAS Licence, Vodafone Essar Spacetel Ltd., UAS Licence, Idea Cellular Ltd., Tata Teleservices Ltd., M/s. Aircel Ltd., UAS Licences, Member (Technology, Telecom Commission, Ex-officio, Government of India, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law, Member (Technology, UASL Guidelines, LoI, PBG, LoI, LoI, LoI, LoI, LoI, LoIs, LoIs, LoI, Group of Ministers, AS-1, LoIs, LoIs, AS-1, LoIs, the Minister of C& IT, Department, Department, the Department of Telecom, Ministry of Law & Justice, Group of Ministers, Department, GOM, Law Ministry, Department, Department, GSM, GSM, GSM, GSM, GSM, The Cellular Operators Association of India, GSM, COAI, TDSAT, the Union Cabinet, Number Portability, Broadband Wireless Access, the Telecom Commission, Defence Services, Cabinet, Finance, Rs.1600, the Ministry of Finance, Finance, Cabinet, Finance, Member (Finance, Finance, Court, the Minister of C& IT, the Minister C& IT, Letter of Intent, LOI, DOT, LOI, UAS, LOI, LOI, LOI, UAS, LOI, LOI, Government, LOI, LOI, LOI, the Solicitor General of, DDG, the Minister of C& IT, the full Telecom Commission, the Telecom Commission, DDG, Unified Access Services Licence, UASL, Licenses in a Service Area, India Telecom, DOT, LOI, UAS, GSM and/or, Telephony, UAS, UAS, GSM and/or, UAS, Wireless Operating Licence, DOT, UAS, LOI, LOI, UAS, Department of Telecom, LoIs, Department of Telecommunications Press Release Date, DOT, DOT, UAS, DOT, DOT, UASL, DOT, 2nd Floor, DOT, LOI, UASL, DOT, Telecom DDG(C& A, Press Release, DOT, UAS Licence, LoIs, LoIs, LoIs, Swan Telecom Capital Pvt. Ltd., Etisalat DB Telecom Pvt. Ltd., Etisalat Mauritius Limited, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation of UAE, Telenor Group, Tata Tele Services, NTT DOCOMO, Tata Tele Services, Maharashtra, NTT DOCOMO, S. Tel Ltd., the Minister of C& IT, Writ Petition No.636, UASL, the Apex Court, the Government of India, the Division Bench, High Court, D.S. Nakara, Monarch Infrastructure, The Union of India, Court, Court, the High Court, the High Court, Court, UAS Licences, the Delhi High Court, Court, Court, UAS Licences, Access Service Providers, CAG, LoIs, the Finance Ministry, the Council of Ministers, the Minister of C& IT, the Government of India, UAS Licences, Court, CAG, UAS Licences, CAG, UAS Licences, LoI, UASL, Court, TDSAT, TDSAT, LoI, UAS Licences, 31.1.2011, the One Man Committee, Court, the Government of India vide Office Memorandum, Writ Petition (C, the Minister of C& IT, the High Court, the Telecom Commission, Finance, UAS Licences, UAS Licences, C& IT, Tata Teleservices Ltd., NTP 1994, NTP 1999, the Government of India, Court, UAS Licences, Tata Teleservices, GSM, Reliance Telecom, GSM, UAS Licences, UAS Licences, Court

CARDINAL: one, 2, 800, 2, 3, 4, One, 5., 24.7.1991, 13.5.1994, eight, two, four, 14, 18, 6, 6, 27, 18, 20.11.1998, 1.4.1999, two, 9, 8, 10, 11, 1, 2. Constitution, One, 3, 4., 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 2, 1, 13, 11, 13, 11, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 13, 1, 4, 1, four, 23.6.2000, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.11 to 4.15, 4, 4.3, 4.6, two, 34, 5.9, 4.12, more than one, 4.13, 4.14, two, two, 4.15, 12.5, less than 5, less than 7, two, 20, 15, 5.1.2001, 16, 7.2, 17, 7.19, 7.30, 18, 10.9.2003, 19, 2.1.1, 1 million, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 17-18, 2.4 4, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 19-21, 2.4.3, two, 1096, 485, 2.4.4, 2.4.5, 8/8/03, 22, 8.8.2003, 20, 21, Two, 22, 4/N, 23, 24, 25, 11, 14, 19, 26, 13.4.2007, 2, 2, more than one, 1.4, 6, 21.02.2004, 34, 27, 800, 2, 2.33, 2.39, 2.41, 2.54, 2.40, 2.69, 2.73 to 2.79, 2.37, 2.40, 2.69, only one, 2.73, 800, 2, 800, 800, 2.74, 6.2, 5, one, 10, 2.75, 6 2, 5, 2.76, 10, 800, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 2.77, 3, 5, 2X5, 400, 150, 10, 2, 800,900, 10, one, 160 million, one, 2.78, 800, 2, 800, 2.79, other than 800, 3, 3, 800, 1800, 2, 2X4.4, 2X10, 2X2.5, 2X5, 2.40, 29, 167, 12, 22, 10.10.2007, 30, 3, No.8, 167, over 300, as many as 14, 11, four, 13, 575, 31, 2.11.2007, two, 33, 4, 3, 4., 4., 34, 1, 2., three, 3., 4., 5, 3, 3, 3, 10, 800, 2, about 35 to 40, 60 to 65, 2, 36, 30.11.2007, 38, 26.12.2007, 1, 2, 1, 2, one, only one, 26.12.2007, 40, 9.1.2008, two, 41, 13-4-2007, Only one, 43, 120, 78, 3, thousands, 12,924, 949, 45, 1.7.2009, 232, 22, 232, only 76, 267, 13.4.2007, 11, 13, 14, 13, two, 14, 48, 49, 800, thousands, 50, One, 51, 423, 10, 122, 85, 9.1.2008, 3, three, many thousand, many thousand, 52, 53, 9, 19.10.2007

PERSON: Lok Satta, Common Cause, Sarva Shri J.M. Lingdoh, T.S. Krishnamurthi, N. Gopalasamy, P. Shanker, Julio F. Ribero, P.R. Guha, R.H. Tahiliyani, Subramanian Swami, AccessService Licence, DoT, DoT, DoT, Bangalore, Madras, NFAP, suo motu, Gazette, suo motu, DoT, Paragraphs 4.1, Gross, Paragraphs 7.15, DoT, a Universal Licence, Wireless Adviser, a Universal Licence, HDFC, DoT, DoT, UAS Licence, UAS Licence, UAS Licence, DoT, Spectrum Pricing, DoT, DoT, Paragraphs 2.37, DoT, DoT, Shri A.K. Srivastava, DoT, Shri A. Raja, UAS Licence, DoT, No.12, DoT, UAS Licence, UAS Licence, UAS Licence, Law, LoI, Shri R.K. Gupta, DoT, Paragraphs 3 and, i. e., New Delhi, Sd/-, DoT, DoT, DoT, DoT, DoT, DoT, DoT, DoT, DoT, Cap, UAS Licence, DoT, DoT, Shri A.K. Srivastava, Sanchar Bhawan, A.K. Srivastava, UAS Licence, Unitech, DoT, DoT, DoT, DoT, DoT, Shivaraj V. Patil, DoT, Bhushan, Subramanian Swamy, DoT, DoT, Shri Bhushan, DoT, Shri Bhushan, Bhushan, Subramanian Swamy, Bhushan, Subramanian Swamy, Shri G.E. Vahanvati, DoT, Shri Salve, DoT, Shri Salve

GPE: Gujarat, Mumbai, India, India, India, India, Delhi, Mumbai, Bombay, India, NFAP, New Delhi, India, India, India, India, West Bengal, India, India, WLL(M, WLL(M, WLL(M, CDMA, Mumbai, Delhi, Mumbai, Delhi, India, India, New Delhi, Based, Broadband, Aircel, Circles, India, Broadband, New Delhi, Norway, N. Subbarayudu

NORP: Punjab, DoT., K. Manjushree

DATE: 28.8.2007, 1800, 2001, 31.10.2003, September 2007 to March 2008, 1984, 1839, 1851, 1885, 1984, 1986, July 1992, 1994 6, 1994, NTP 1994, December 1995, 1999 8, 1999, NTP 1999, NTP 1999, NTP 1999, the end of 1999, the next three months, the end of the year 2000, 11.4.1989, the 11th April, 1989, day, each financial year, 1989, 1997, 1997, Act No.2 of 2000, 1885, 13 of 1885, 2000, sixty days, a period of, seven days, fifteen days, 1885, 13 of 1885, 14, 4.11, the sixth year, the current year, two years later, 1800, 27.10.2003, 2003, 30.10.2003, 1800, 1800, a month, 15-20 years, 27.10.2003, 6 months, 31.10.2003, 11.11.2003, The same day, 14.11.2003, 24.11.2003, 30 days, 2004, 2006, 13.5.2005, 16.8.2005, 12.9.2006, one year, 23.2.2006, five days, 28.2.2006, 14.12.2005, annual, one year, about six months, one year, 28.8.2007, 1800, 2.63, 28.8.2007, today, today, 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800, 28, 21.9.2007, 10.10.2007, 17.10.2007, 2003, 24.9.2007, 24.9.2007, 1.10.2007, 2004, 2006, Between 24.9.2007 and 1.10.2007, 26.10.2007, 7 days, 15 days, 25.9.2007, 18.10.2007, 32, the same day, 2.11.2007, 25th Sept. 2007, 2.11.2007, a later date, September 2007, a later date, September 2007, 2.11.2007, 2 November, 2007, August 2007, last several years, the next several years, 1999, 35, 1800, December 2006, 20.11.2007, 2001, 2007, 29.11.2007, 31.10.2003, 28.8.2007, 37, 39, 12 days, the same day, 15.1.2008, 10.1.2008 i.e., three days, 14th December 2005, 28-08-2007, 2007, 25-09-2007, 10-01-2008, 42, the same day, 10 th January 2008, 10.1.2008, 10.1.2008, 10.1.2008, working days, 10.1.2008, the same day, 44, 13.7.2006, 1537, between March, 2009, February, 2010, 24.9.2007, 2008, 10.1.2008, 25.9.2007, 25.9.2007, 25.9.2007, between 25.9.2007, 1.10.2007, 1.10.2007, 28.09.2007, a week, 1997, 28.8.2007, 46, 24.11.2009, October 2007, October 2007 to 25th September 2007, 47, 12.3.2010, 25.9.2007, 2001, 2001, 2003, 1800, 2001, the month of January, 2008, 2004, 2006, the month of August, 2007, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2007, 13.12.2010, the period 2001 to 2009, 2010, 1.10.2007, the last date, 2001, 28.8.2007, 2007, 2001, 2001, 6.2.2006, 18.10.2007, two years, 2008, 2001

ORDINAL: first, first, first, first, second, second, 4th, fourth, fourth, third, third, fourth, fourth, second, second, first, second, second, third, third, fourth, third, fourth, fourth, first, first, second, fourth, fourth, fourth, 4th, 4th, 4th, first, first, first, first, first, first, 4th, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, First, first, first, First, first, first, first, first, first, first, First, first, first, second, first, first, 1st, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, 4th

PRODUCT: Calcutta, Andaman, Para 7.2, Terms of Reference, Table 8, Appellant, Appellant, Respondent, Appellant

QUANTITY: 21 miles, 250-14/2000-Fin

EVENT: New Telecom, NTP 1999, NTP 1999, 25th September 2007

WORK_OF_ART: The Structure of the Bidding Process Selection, Telecom Policy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Dear Shri Raja, The Telecom Policy

PERCENT: 15%, more than 25 %, 16-18 %, around 20%, about 25%, 10/8/6%, 45%, 60%, 27.31%, 20.25%

FAC: metro, metro

LOC: Govt, Circle, Circle, Telenor Asia Pte. Ltd., Single, Single, Single Judge, Single Judge, Respondent, Respondent, Single

MONEY: 800 MHz/900 MHz/1800 MHz

TIME: within few hours, 45 minutes, 3:30 pm, 4:30 P.M., the office hours i.e., 5:30 P.M., minutes