¹[The Central Government shall, by notification, establish an Appellate Tribunal to be known as the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal to--
         (a) adjudicate any dispute--
             (i) between a licensor and a licensee;
             (ii) between two or more service providers;
             (iii) between a service provider and a group of consumers:
     Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply in respect of matters relating to--
     (A) the monopolistic trade practice, restrictive trade practice and unfair trade practice which are subject to the jurisdiction of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission established under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969);
     (B) the complaint of an individual consumer maintainable before a Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum or a Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission or the National Consumer Redressal Commission established under section 9 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986);
     (C) the dispute between telegraph authority and any other person referred to in sub-section (1) of section 7B of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885);
         (b) hear and dispose of appeal against any direction, decision or order of the Authority under this Act.
         ²[(c) exercise jurisdiction, powers and authority conferred on—
            (i) the Appellate Tribunal under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000); and
            (ii) the Appellate Tribunal under the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008 (27 of 2008).]