Court seeks TRAI’s response to petition on spectrum allocation

October 13th, 2009 A local court in Bihar has decided to reimburse the expenses of witnesses appearing in the court in course of trial, court officials have said. Officials said the Bhojpur district court has decided to reimburse the expenses of witnesses incurred on their traveling and food in course of their appearance in the court during the case trial.

October 7th, 2009 FCC chairman warns of 'looming spectrum crisis'SAN DIEGO — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission warns of a "looming spectrum crisis" if the government fails to find new ways to ensure there is enough bandwidth for mobile devices. Julius Genachowski said at an industry conference Wednesday in San Diego that the government is tripling the amount of spectrum available to companies.

July 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - India has been allocated the equivalent of about $4.78 billion as its share of International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights (SDR) worth $250 billion announced Monday to provide liquidity to the recession hit global economic system. The equivalent of nearly $100 billion of the new allocation to supplement IMF's 186 member countries' foreign exchange reserves will go to emerging markets and developing countries, of which low-income countries will receive over $18 billion, IMF said.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Economic Survey 2008-09 tabled in parliament Thursday has sought to end the controversy surrounding allocation of radio frequency by advocating an open and transparent auction process. "Spectrum should be auctioned and be freely tradeable among companies having a telecom licence, the survey said.

June 27th, 2009 AMRITSAR - The Indian national, Sarabjit Singh, presently facing gallons of death for alleged bomb blasts in Pakistan cities, on Saturday received a new lawyer. Owis Sheikh, the new lawyer, will file a fresh petition in court on behalf of the Indian national, he has also blamed Rana Abdul Hamid for Sarabjit's review petition being dismissed and said he would file a fresh petition in the court.

May 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi High Court Thursday asked the child rights panel to submit a detailed report of the probe it conducted into the death of Shanno, an 11-year-old student, after alleged corporal punishment by her teacher here. After accepting an inquiry report by Delhi Police, a division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Neeraj Kishan Kaul asked the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) to submit the detailed report by May 24.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a petition that says Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling is not an Indian citizen and seeks a direction to the government in the matter. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat sought a response from the central government by July 17 on the petition filed by Padam Prakash Sharma, who says Chamling is a citizen of Nepal and should be disqualified.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The telecom tribunal Tuesday upheld the government's dual spectrum allocation policy, allowing companies to offer mobile services under CDMA as well as GSM domain. Hearing a petition filed by GSM operators challenging the government's decision, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) said: 'We do not find any ground to level malafide intention on the part of the Department of Telecom (DoT) and accordingly hold that the issue of early completion of formalities is not a matter that would require intervention at our level.' This settlement will enable CDMA players like Reliance Communications and Tata Telecommunications to offer both CDMA and GSM services to its customers.

March 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and deposed Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif have filed a petition in the Supreme Court pleading to the apex court to make them parties in the disqualification revision petitions' hearings. Advocates Abid Hassan Manto and Khawaja Haris filed the petition on behalf of the leaders, and also urged the court to declare the earlier ex-party decision as obsolete.

March 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging the apex court's verdict which disqualified the former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif from contesting elections. According to The News, the petition was filed by the Attorney General of Pakistan, Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa.

February 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the state government to respond to an industry forum's plea for withdrawal of complete ban on plastic carrybags in the capital. The All India Plastic Industry Association (AIPA) in its petition termed the notification was 'unjust' as the court last year asked the government only to increase the minimum permissible thickness of plastic bags from 20 microns to 40 microns - to make it more costly and discourage indiscriminate use - and not completely ban it.

February 8th, 2009 KOCHI - The case of alleged corruption by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Kerala secretary Pinarayi Vijayan will be heard by the high court here Wednesday. The case has taken Kerala by storm and has created ripples in national politics.

February 1st, 2009 KOCHI - Hours before Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)'s Kerala state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan was to begin his state-wide march, the Kerala High Court Monday asked him and two others accused in a multi-million rupee scam for their response on a petition seeking their prosecution. The court's ruling came as it heard a petition filed by an NGO contending the governor's sanction was not required to prosecute Vijayan in a 12-year-old graft case involving Canadian company SNC Lavalin.

January 26th, 2009 KOCHI - A division bench of the Kerala High Court Tuesday sought Advocate General C.P. Sudhakara Prasad's views on a petition filed by an NGO for prosecuting Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, accused in a multi-million rupee scam by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

January 7th, 2009 MOHALI - The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed a public interest suit against the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), seeking the recovery of entertainment tax collected from the sale of tickets worth over Rs.30 million, PCA officials Thursday said. The ruling was given by the bench of Chief Justice T.