'TRAI Regulations In Public Interest, No Arbitrariness Made Out': Kerala High Court Dismisses AIDCF's Plea Challenging New Tariff Order
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'TRAI Regulations In Public Interest, No Arbitrariness Made Out': Kerala High Court Dismisses AIDCF's Plea Challenging New Tariff Order

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The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea filed by All Indian Digital Cable Federation challenging the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's new Tariff Order, under which broadcasters had increased channel prices for cable TV operators for inclusion in bouquet from INR 12 to INR 19 per channel.AIDCF, which is an apex body with several multi system operators,. The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea filed by All Indian Digital Cable Federation challenging the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's new Tariff Order, under which broadcasters had increased channel prices for cable TV operators for inclusion in bouquet from INR 12 to INR 19 per channel. It also noted that the impugned Regulations were issued by TRAI for protecting public interest and regulating and controlling the telecommunication services for public good "After going through the generations on the consultation papers and the Regulations and the Tariff Order, I am of the considered opinion that the petitioners have failed to establish any arbitrariness or illegality or any other legal infirmities on the part of the authority in exercising the powers conferred under the Act, 1997," the Court observed, while dismissing the plea. The Court also noted that under Section 11 of the Act, the powers and functions of the authority are clearly delineated by the Parliament and the authority is vested with the power to make the Regulations and publish Tariff Orders in order to regulate, control and transmit telecommunication network The Court observed that it was while the 2017 Regulations and the Tariff Order were in force, that the 2020 Regulations were introduced with a maximum price cap of Rs.12 for the driver channel and discount rates for bouquet, but the same was never put into force, and the 2017 Regulations and Tariff Order were still in force.

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