1. The Supreme Court has dismissed telecom operators’ plea today against allowing the Comptroller & Auditor General to audit their revenues. The Supreme Court judgment allows CAG to audit telecom companies to determine whether the Government is getting its due share as they use the spectrum which is government property. The Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India, representing the interest of CDMA players including Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices, had earlier said the High Court order was against the telecom licence conditions.
2. Admiral Robin K Dhowan took over as the Chief of Naval Staff today. The post was lying vacant for nearly two months since DK Joshi resigned suddenly in the wake of a series of accidents. He has been the acting Navy chief since Joshi’s exit.
He will have a tenure of 25 months, retiring in May 2016. He superseded Western Naval Commander Shekhar Sinha, who was the senior-most Vice Admiral, to get the post as majority of the 14 mishaps, including two major submarine accidents, took place under his command during the last 10 months.
