Vodafone contended before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva that the consultation process initiated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) appeared to be to find answers to the issues raised by it in the petition in the high court.
The telecom major in its plea had alleged violation of tariff orders by RJIO by offering free voice calls.
The TRAI, on the other hand, said that Vodafone should participate in the consultative process, for which the last date for seeking comments is May 29 and for counter-comments, it was June 12.
In the consultation paper, the regulator has also sought views on a host of other issues including whether a telecom operator should be allowed to enrol subscribers as test users, restrictions on their numbers, period of use for trial service, criteria to differentiate test phase from commercial launch and the like.
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It said it was also aggrieved by the TRAI's stand of allowing the alleged violation to continue.
RJIO had earlier told the court that the TRAI has held its free offers to subscribers as perfectly legitimate.
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