G.M., TELECOM DISTT. vs M. BUHARI — C.A. No. 3593/1999

Case Summary: C.A. No. 003593/1999 The Supreme Court dismissed the telecom department's appeal on April 28, 2004, challenging a National Commission order that directed telephone reconnection and awarded ₹1,000 costs to respondent M. Buhari. The appellants argued the consumer forum lacked jurisdiction under Section 7-B of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, but the Court found this argument covered by precedent and upheld the lower commissions' decisions. The Court permitted the appellants to separately pursue recovery of dues from the original telephone subscriber, S.A. Rasheed, if permissible in law. No costs were awarded. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.