Indian Telegraph Act, 1885

Act No. 13 of 1885 In force from 1885-10-01 Ministry of Communications 46 sections

An Act to amend the law relating to Telegraphs in India.

Repealed by the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (from 26 June 2024; Part III still applies to transmission lines under the Electricity Act, 2003). The text is kept here because the judgments below apply it.

33 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Kalpataru Projects International Ltd.) v. Vinod and Ors. Etc.
  2025 INSC 100419 August 2025Disposed of

  Issue arose as regards the landowners seeking further enhancement of compensation on account of damages suffered by erection of transmission lines and towers, whereas the Contractor challenging the amount of compensation awarded;…

• Pragya Prasun & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
  2025 INSC 59930 April 2025Disposed of

  1. Whether the present digital KYC / e-KYC / video-KYC framework is inaccessible to persons with disabilities? 2. Whether the regulatory authorities (RBI, SEBI, TRAI, PFRDA, IRDAI, DoT) have failed to ensure reasonable…

• Bharti Cellular Limited (Now Bharti Airtel Limited) v. Assistant
  2024 INSC 14828 February 2024Disposed of

  The liability to deduct tax at source u/s.194-H, Income Tax Act, 1961 on the amount which, as per the Revenue, is a commission payable to an agent by the assessees-cellular mobile telephone service providers under the…

• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. and Others Etc v. M/S Tata Communications Ltd. Etc.
  2022 INSC 99622 September 2022Partly allowed
• Vodafone Idea Cellular Ltd. v. Ajay Kumar Agarwal
  2022 INSC 18916 February 2022Disposed of
• Union of India v. Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India Etc. Etc.
  2020 INSC 5271 September 2020Directions issued
• G H Century Rayon Limited v. Ivp Limited and Others
  2019 INSC 128827 November 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Union of India v. Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India Etc.Etc.
  2019 INSC 118724 October 2019Disposed of
• Air India Express Limited and Ors. v. Capt. Gurdarshan Kaur Sandhu
  2019 INSC 94622 August 2019Dismissed
• The State of Gujarat v. Anwar Osman Sumbhaniya and Ors.
  2019 INSC 28027 February 2019Dismissed
• Competition Commission of India v. Bharti Airtel Limited and Others
  2018 INSC 11545 December 2018Leave granted
• The State of Maharashtra & Ors. v. Tasneem Rizwan Siddiquee
  2018 INSC 7835 September 2018Leave Granted & Allowed
• The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited v. Century Textiles & Industries Limited & Ors.
  2016 INSC 112814 December 2016Disposed of
• Bharti Airtel Ltd. v. Union of India
  2015 INSC 41814 May 2015Dismissed
• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited v. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and Others
  2013 INSC 8086 December 2013Reference answered
• M/S Tata Sky Ltd. v. State of M.P. and Others
  2013 INSC 25816 April 2013Appeal(s) allowed
• Union of India and Anr. v. Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India and Ors.
  2011 INSC 74411 October 2011Disposed of
• Department of Telecommunications v. Gujarat Co-Operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.
  2010 INSC 64324 September 2010Appeal(s) allowed
• M.D., M/S. Ramakrishna Poultry P. Ltd. v. R. Chellappan & Ors.
  2009 INSC 7538 May 2009Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Maharashtra v. Bharat Shanti Lal Shah & Ors.
  2008 INSC 10011 September 2008Partly allowed
• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. & Anr. v. Bpl Mobile Cellular Ltd. & Ors.
  2008 INSC 67214 May 2008Dismissed
• The Kerala State Electricity Board v. Livisha Etc. Etc.
  2007 INSC 63818 May 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
  2006 INSC 1332 March 2006Disposed of
• State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Anr. Etc. Etc.
  2003 INSC 554 February 2003Appeal(s) allowed
• Union of India and Anr. v. M/S Jagjit Industries and Anr.
  1999 INSC 2286 May 1999Dismissed
• M/S. Raag Rang and Anr. v. The General Manager, Delhi Telephones and Ors.
  1997 INSC 3593 April 1997Disposed of
• People'S Union for Civil Liberties {Pucl) v. Union of India and Anr.
  1996 INSC 150918 December 1996Disposed of
• Telecom District Manager, Goa and Ors. v. V.S. Dempo & Co. and Ors.
  1996 INSC 40418 March 1996Dismissed
• Delhi Science Forum and Ors. Etc. v. Union of India and Anr.
  1996 INSC 27519 February 1996Dismissed
• The Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India and Ors. v. Cricket Association of Bengal and Ors.
  [1995] 1 S.C.R. 10369 February 1995Disposed of
• Kerala State Electricity Board, Trivandrum v. T. P. K. K. Amsom and Besom, Kerala
  1976 INSC 27229 October 1976Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Bihar v. Mangal Sao
  1962 INSC 11429 March 1962Appeal(s) allowed
• The Senior Electric Inspector and Others v. Lax.Mi Narayan Chopra and Others
  1961 INSC 24016 August 1961Appeal(s) allowed