New Delhi, August 26: The Supreme Court today issued notices to telecom operator Bharti Airtel, GSM lobby COAI and private banks ICICI bank and American Express over unsolicited calls to mobile phones.
A bench comprising Justice V S Sirpurkar and Justice Cyriac Joseph issued notices to Airtel, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and private sector banks ICICI and American Express and directed them to file their reply in eight weeks.
The court’s direction came over a petition filed by one Nivedita Sharama requesting the apex court to stay the orders of the Delhi High Court, which had set aside the State Consumer Commission’s directions to telecom operators to stop pesky calls.
She submitted that unsolicited commercial communications (UCC), which includes short message service (SMS) as well as calls, is a growing menace to the mobile phone users.
–Agencies