WARID TELECOM (PVT.) LTD. versus PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORITY, ISLAMABAD
Section 4 (m) Telecommunication Consumer Protection Regulations, 2009, Regular 8 Constitution Pakistan PTA) under which PTA prize schemes lucky / lucky drawings were suspended on the basis that Such schemes are against the law and applicants were argued for violating Regulation 8 of the Telecom Consumer Protection Regulations, 2009. But, such a suspension is unheard of, and this is contrary to the principle of the Audi Ultium Partum. The applicants themselves had requested that the prize schemes be launched for the purpose of marketing and providing incentives to consumers, but they had no effect. The actual business, therefore, had no right to be denied to the applicants. Applicants had appeared in court that they were not capable of preventing the corruption associated with such schemes, and therefore were unable to take up the responsibilities. , And cannot claim rights over them. Under the provisions of the Pakistan Telecommunication Reconciliation Act, 1996, the same step was taken to protect the interests of consumers and, hence, a controversial legal right under Sections 4 (m) and 18 of the said Act, The interest was that consumers could not be left at the mercy of telecom companies, as such schemes were launched without any liability. Relief claim by applicants was against public interest. Constitutional applications were dismissed. , Under the circumstances \ r \ n \ r \ n
