In a last ditch effort to save their 2G licences, telecom companies will file a curative petition to challenge Supreme Court's order.
“We will now move a curative petition and again urge the Supreme Court to keep its order in abeyance until these arguments are seen and appreciated by the new Bench,” Unitech Wireless said in a statement.
Curative petition is the final legal option available to parties whose review petitions are rejected by the apex court. “The Court must ensure that no one has any reason to hold grievance that their evidence was ignored, especially when considering it would only strengthen the sanctity of any order,” Unitech Wireless said.
Sistema Shyam, whose 21 licences have been cancelled, said that it is in the process of deliberating its future course of legal actions.
“SSTL has maintained that being a pure play CDMA operator, its legal case is significantly different compared to other mobile operators. For example, there is no finding or suggestion by the Comptroller and Auditor General report that CDMA spectrum was equally or anywhere near in demand as GSM back in 2008.”
“To protect the interest of more than 16 million customers and investments of over $3.1 billion, SSTL had filed for a review petition before the Supreme Court,” the company said.
SSTL is majority owned by Russian conglomerate Sistema and the Russian Government.