Judgment

Introduction

These three petitions, involving common questions of law and fact as regards interpretation of the agreements entered into by and between the Petitioners with some agencies as to whether the terms thereof are violative of the conditions of license granted in their favour, were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The relevant facts involved in each case shall be noticed separately, hereinafter but the fact of the matter involved in the case of ‘Vodafone‘ would be considered in some details.

3. In these petitions, the Petitioners, who have been granted licenses by the Respondent herein in terms of the proviso appended to Section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (The 1885 Act) have approached this Tribunal being aggrieved by and diss