{"id":245387,"date":"2025-02-24T08:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T08:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/sc-junks-plea-to-regulate-internet-prices-says-it-is-a-free-market\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T08:43:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T08:43:46","slug":"sc-junks-plea-to-regulate-internet-prices-says-it-is-a-free-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/sc-junks-plea-to-regulate-internet-prices-says-it-is-a-free-market\/","title":{"rendered":"SC junks plea to regulate Internet prices, says it is a free market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-118526512,imgsize-6658.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"SC junks plea to regulate Internet prices, says it is a free market\" title=\"SC junks plea to regulate Internet prices, says it is a free market\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"8\">New Delhi: The <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/regulation-of-internet-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regulation of Internet prices<\/a> in the country. A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar dismissed the plea filed by one Rajat, saying consumers had multiple options for availing of Internet services. <!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:1-->&#8220;It&#8217;s a free market. There are several options. BSNL and <a rel=\"dofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/mahanagar-telephone-nigam-ltd\/stocks\/companyid-12462.cms\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\">MTNL<\/a> are also giving you Internet,&#8221; the bench observed. <\/p>\n<p>The petitioner alleged that the majority of the market share was controlled by Jio and <a rel=\"dofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/reliance-industries-ltd\/stocks\/companyid-13215.cms\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\">Reliance<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The bench then said,&#8221;If you are alleging cartelisation, then go to the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/competition-commission-of-india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Competition Commission of India<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The top court, however, clarified that if the petitioner wanted to take any recourse to appropriate statutory remedy, he was at liberty to do so.<!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:2--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/sc-junks-plea-to-regulate-internet-prices-says-it-is-a-free-market\/articleshow\/118526512.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking regulation of Internet prices in the country. A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar dismissed the plea filed by one Rajat, saying consumers had multiple options for availing of Internet services. &#8220;It&#8217;s a free market. 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