https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171971 A telecom licence granted under the Telegraph Act is contractual, and once its terms are accepted, the TRAI and the Tribunal cannot invalidate the agreed definition of adjusted gross revenue. Their role is confined to permissible disputes arising under the existing licence, including interpretation and computation after a demand is raised; a frontal challenge to the validity of the clause is not maintainable. An order made without jurisdiction is a nullity and does not operate as res judicata, so an earlier unappealed Tribunal ruling on exclusion of non-licensed revenues did not bind the Union of India. en-us Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:08:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171971 A telecom licence granted under the Telegraph Act is contractual, and once its terms are accepted, the TRAI and the Tribunal cannot invalidate the agreed definition of adjusted gross revenue. Their role is confined to permissible disputes arising under the existing licence, including interpretation and computation after a demand is raised; a frontal challenge to the validity of the clause is not maintainable. An order made without jurisdiction is a nullity and does not operate as res judicata, so an earlier unappealed Tribunal ruling on exclusion of non-licensed revenues did not bind the Union of India. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171971