Delhi HC rejects plea seeking no blocking of incoming services during pandemic

The Delhi High Court Friday said that courts cannot do charity at the cost of others, while declining to entertain a petition seeking directions to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to ensure that telecom operators do not block incoming services of subscribers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Telecom companies also need money. Courts cannot do charity at the cost of others,” Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said. Taking note of the observation by a Bench, the petitioner-law student decided not to press for the reliefs sought in his petition.

To this, the Bench recorded in its order, “Petitioner is not pressing the writ petition. It is disposed of as not pressed.”