A full Appellate Division bench headed by the chief justice has upheld the chamber judge's orders for the telecoms regulator BTRC to not hamper operations of Grameenphone.
The court also asked the parties to settle in the High Court by Dec 14 the petition of the nation's largest mobile-phone operator over payment of spectrum assignment fee and Value Added Tax (VAT).
The seven-strong bench led by chief justice Mozammel Haque, on Monday, upheld the Nov 3 ruling by chamber judge Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain which had come on a leave-to-appeal petition filed by BTRC against a preceding High Court order.
Justice Hossain had said the matter of licence renewal of Grameenphone will be decided by a regular court.
BTRC's counsel Khandaker Reza-E Rakib told that the order by the chamber judge regarding licence renewal and spectrum fee has been upheld and the High Court would now give the verdict.
GP lawyer Mohammad Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury told journalists: "According to the court order, Grameenphone can run its operation without any hindrance."
The watchdog in an Oct 17 letter had asked the Grameenphone to pay Tk 30.624 billion in fees for licence renewal and spectrum allocation in 2008. But GP challenged the move in court saying BTRC claimed Tk 2.368 billion extra fee for the spectrum allocated.
The High Court on Oct 26 stayed the effectiveness of a BTRC notice asking Grameenphone to pay additional Tk 2.37 billion for the radio frequency in 1800 megahertz band.
On Nov 1, chamber judge of the Appellate Division justice M Imman Ali felt embarrassed to hear the petition.
Later, the chief justice sent the petition to justice Syed Mahmud Hossain for further action.
Advocate Mahbubey Alam, Ajmal Haque QC and barrister Rakib argued for BTRC at the hearing, while barristers Rokan Uddin Mahmud, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Mehedi Hasan, and advocate Anisul Haque represented Grameenphone.
The court also asked the parties to settle in the High Court by Dec 14 the petition of the nation's largest mobile-phone operator over payment of spectrum assignment fee and Value Added Tax (VAT).
The seven-strong bench led by chief justice Mozammel Haque, on Monday, upheld the Nov 3 ruling by chamber judge Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain which had come on a leave-to-appeal petition filed by BTRC against a preceding High Court order.
Justice Hossain had said the matter of licence renewal of Grameenphone will be decided by a regular court.
BTRC's counsel Khandaker Reza-E Rakib told that the order by the chamber judge regarding licence renewal and spectrum fee has been upheld and the High Court would now give the verdict.
GP lawyer Mohammad Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury told journalists: "According to the court order, Grameenphone can run its operation without any hindrance."
The watchdog in an Oct 17 letter had asked the Grameenphone to pay Tk 30.624 billion in fees for licence renewal and spectrum allocation in 2008. But GP challenged the move in court saying BTRC claimed Tk 2.368 billion extra fee for the spectrum allocated.
The High Court on Oct 26 stayed the effectiveness of a BTRC notice asking Grameenphone to pay additional Tk 2.37 billion for the radio frequency in 1800 megahertz band.
On Nov 1, chamber judge of the Appellate Division justice M Imman Ali felt embarrassed to hear the petition.
Later, the chief justice sent the petition to justice Syed Mahmud Hossain for further action.
Advocate Mahbubey Alam, Ajmal Haque QC and barrister Rakib argued for BTRC at the hearing, while barristers Rokan Uddin Mahmud, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Mehedi Hasan, and advocate Anisul Haque represented Grameenphone.
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