Write short notes on the following: Appellate Authorities under Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

According to section 14 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (Act), the Central Government shall, by notification, establish an Appellate Tribunal to be known as the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal to adjudicate any dispute- between a licensor and a licensee; between two or more service providers; between a service provider and a group of consumers. However, the appellate powers are subject to the proviso to section 14(a). hear and dispose of appeal against any direction, decision or order of the Authority under this Act. exercise jurisdiction, powers and authority conferred on- the Appellate Tribunal under the Information Technology Act, 2000; and the Appellate Tribunal under the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008. Further section 18 of the Act provides the provisions relating to Appeal to Supreme Court. It states: (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), or in any other law, an appeal shall lie against any order, not being an interlocutory order, of the Appellate Tribunal to the Supreme Court on one or more of the grounds specified in section 100 of that Code. (2) No appeal shall lie against any decision or order made by the Appellate Tribunal with the consent of the parties. (3) Every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a period of ninety days from the date of the decision or order appealed against. However, the Supreme Court may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period of ninety days, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal in time.