The Supreme Court today stayed proceedings before the Delhi
High Court on a petition filed by Reliance Infocomm.
The telecom company had challenged BSNL's decision to impose
a penalty of Rs 182.7 crores for alleged rerouting of
international calls as local ones.
The court also issued notices to Reliance Infocomm and other
respondents on the petition challenging the High Court order
stating that it will decide both the jurisdictional aspects
and the merit of the petition together.
BSNL had contended that the issue pertaining to re-routing of
calls fell within the jurisdiction of the telecom dispute
tribunal TDSAT.
It had also argued the petition of Reliance should be
transferred to the tribunal for adjudication.
However, Reliance had said the High Court also had the
jurisdiction to hear its petition challenging BSNL's decision
to levy the penalty on it. (PTI)
