2. Heard Mr Maninder Singh (Sr), Mr Jaiju Babu (Sr), Mr Santhosh Mathew (Sr), Ms Sneha Jain, Mr Ranjeet Singh Sidhu, Mr Prabhas Bajaj, learned Counsel for the petitioners; Mr N Venkataraman, learned Additional Solicitor General of India assisted by Mr Jaishankar V Nair, learned Central Government Counsel of Competition Commission of India and Mr Ritin Rai (Sr), Mr Avinash Amarnath, Mr Tarun Donadi, Mr Uday Bali, Mr Naman Golechha, Mr.Dayaar Singla, Mr Saji Varghese T G learned Counsel for the respondents.

Introduction

3. The alleged conflict between the scope and jurisdiction of the authorities under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act 1997 and the Competition Commission of India (CCI), a statutory authority constituted under the Competition Act 2002 , is involved in the present writ petitions. The issue is which authority, i.e., TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India)/ TDSAT (Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal) or the Competition Commission of India (CCI), would have the jurisdiction to entertain and decide the complaint fi