Supreme Court on Mobile Phones and Telecommunication Laws (1950 to 2019*)

This comprehensive Digest covers the entire Supreme Court case law of more than sixty-eight years on the subject, from 1950 to 2019* on the important topic of Mobile Phones and Telecommunications Laws, including on the Spectrum Allocation case.

The Digest also provides the complete statutory text of the important statutes viz.: the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 and the Telegraph Act, 1885.

The Digest has been conceived and planned to enable the discovery of all the rulings, easily and quickly. The rulings have been arranged under both topic and statutory headings, interconnected by a well-planned cross-reference system supported by synopsis wherever necessary to make research of relevant rulings convenient.

The relevant rulings and cross-citations of any decision can be conveniently searched by using both the topic and the statute approach as well as the Table of Cases Digested.

Unique features include Cross-references, Cross-citations, Bench strength, Coram details, Date of decision, Annotations and Editorial notes.

This systematic, analytical and comprehensive digest will be of immense use for the judiciary, wide range of legal professionals and Members of the Bench.

*Case-law in this work has been updated up to (2019) 6 SCC including (2018) 18 SCC

1. General concepts and terminology 

2. Access Deficit/Access Deficit Charges (ADC)/ Short Distance Charging Area (SDCA

3. Call Masking/Interconnection/Calling Line Identification (CLI)

4. General Rules Governing the Provision of Telephone Connections, Telex Connections and Accessories

5. Health Issues/Radiation from Cell phones/Telecome Infrastructure 

6. Interception/Tapping of communications/Forensic use of Mobile phone/Satellite phone/GPS data 

7. International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 

8. National Telecom Policies 

9. Regulation of Interconnection Agreement (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Regulations, 2004 

10. Tariff/Billing/Consumer Jurisdiction 

11. Taxation 

12. TDSAT, Jurisdiction of

13. Telecom Agreement/Telecom Licence/Spectrum Allocation/ Scams/Auction/Licence Fees 

14. Telecom Consumers Protection (Ninth Amendment) Regulations, 2015 

15. Telecom Operators/Service Providers — Nature, Functions/Services and Obligations of/Security measures 

16. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 

17. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Ordinance, 1996 

18. Telecom Standards of Quality of Service of Basic Telephone Service (Wireline) and Cellular Mobile Telephone Service Regulations, 2009 

19. Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection Regulations, 2004

20. Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Eighth) (Addressable Systems) Tariff Order, 2017 

21. Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2017 

22. Telecommunication Interconnection (Charges and Revenue Sharing) Regulations, 2001/2003/2009 

23. Telecommunication Interconnection Usage Charges Regulations, 2003 

24. Telecommunications Tariff Order, 1999 

25. Telecommunications (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Tariff Order, 2004

26. Telecommunications (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Tariff (Second Amendment) Order, 2004 

27. Telegraph Act, 1885 

28. Telegraph Rules, 1951 

29. Telecom Services/Market and Regulatory Authorities: TRAI, CCI and Other Authorities 

30. TRAI Service Providers (Maintenance of Books of Accounts and other Documents) Rules, 2002 

31. Unified Access Service Licensing Regime, 2003/Unified Access Service Regime (UAS) . 

32. Universal Service Obligation (USO) 

33. Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933