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The bench of Justice Tariqul Hakim and Justice Md Suhrawardy came up with the order and rule following a writ petition filed by Law Reporters Forum members M Badiuzzaman and Mahedi Hasan Dalim, Mobile Phone Subscribers Association president Mohiduddin Ahmed and Supreme Court lawyer Rashedul Hasan, reports The DAily Observer.
The petition also called into question the operators’ reluctance to compensate the subscribers for call drops.
The court also ordered formation of an expert committee to review the current mobile call rates.
UNB adds: Secretary of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry, BangladeshTelecommunication Regulatory Commission chairman and secretary, mobile operators Grameenphone, Airtel, Robi, Banglalink, and TeleTalk were asked to respond within four weeks.
Advocate Ishrat Hasan stood for the plaintiffs while Deputy Attorney General Amatul Karim represented the state.
On Wednesday, Reporters’ Forum member M Badiuzzaman, Mehedi Hasan, Mobile Phone Users’ Association chief Mohiuddin Ahmed and Supreme Court lawyer Rashidul Hasan filed a writ petition in the form of public interest litigation.
They sent legal notices to the defendants on December 10.
‘2.22 billion calls dropped in the 13 months’