Stop unsolicited calls: SC to Govt, cell operators

SC issued notices to Centre, TRAI and cell operators to stop unsolicited calls made to mobile phone subscribers.

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and cellular operators on a PIL seeking enactment of a law to stop number of unsolicited calls made by business ventures to mobile phone subscribers.

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The petitioner requested the court to issue a direction to respondents to check, regulate and stop the "endemic" invasion of privacy of the subscribers of mobile telephone services at all times and hours by such unsolicited calls.