Act Number: 24

Act Name: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997

Year: 1997

Enactment Date: 1997-03-28

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal to regulate the telecommunication services, adjudicate disputes, dispose of appeals and to protect the interests of service providers and consumers of the telecom sector, to promote and ensure orderly growth of the telecom sector and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Communications

Department: Department of Telecommunications

Section 14N: Transfer of appeals.
    1[14N. Transfer of appeals.-- (1) All appeals pending before the High Court immediately before the commencement of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Act, 2000 (2 of 2000), shall stand transferred to the Appellate Tribunal on its establishment under section 14.
     (2) Where any appeal stands transferred from the High Court to the Appellate Tribunal under sub-section (1),--
         (a) the High Court shall, as soon as may be after such transfer, forward the records of such appeal to the Appellate Tribunal; and
         (b) the Appellate Tribunal may, on receipt of such records, proceed to deal with such appeal, so far as may be from the stage which was reached before such transfer or from any earlier stage or de novo as the Appellate Tribunal may deem fit.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 11, ibid., for Chapter IV (w.e.f. 24-1-2000).
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