MUMBAI: Mobile phones have become a necessity but that does not mean that cellphone towers should be put up anywhere without authorisation, the Bombay High Court remarked.
The division bench of justices Ranjana Desai and R G Ketkar was hearing a petition filed by a mobile tower company, 21st Century Infra Tele Ltd, challenging the penalty imposed on it by the Pune Municipal Corporation.
The corporation had asked the company to pay a double tax as a penalty for setting up an unauthorised mobile tower.
"You have to follow rules. Just because you are a reputed mobile phone company, you put up towers anywhere?" Justice Desai said.
The court also rapped the corporation after lawyers appearing for the petitioner said the civic body did not decide applications for permission to set up towers in time.
"Make your procedures simple. Specify what documents are required. The companies cannot be expected to wait for years," the bench said, pointing out that there were number of petitions before the court, regarding disputes between tower companies and civic bodies.
The High Court will hear the case next on April 27.
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