law: Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
  4. Exclusive privilege in respect of telegraphs, and power
  
  to grant licenses
   6  [(1) Within 1[India], the Central Government
  
  shall have the exclusive privilege of establishing, maintaining and working
  
  telegraphs:
  PROVIDED that the Central Government may grant a
  
  license, on such conditions and in consideration of such payments as it thinks
  
  fit, to any person to establish, maintain or work a telegraph within any part
  
  of 1[India]:
   7  [PROVIDED FURTHERthat the Central Government may, by
  
  rules made under this Act and published in the Official Gazette, permit,
  
  subject to such restrictions and conditions as it thinks fit, the
  
  establishment, maintenance and working-
  (a) of wireless telegraphs on ships within Indian territorial
  
  waters 8[and on aircraft within or above 1[India], or
  
  Indian territorial waters], and
  (b) of telegraphs other than wireless telegraphs within any part
  
  of 1[India].
   7  [(2) The Central Government may, by notification in the
  
  Official Gazette, delegate to the telegraph authority all or any of its powers
  
  under the first proviso to sub-section (1).
  The exercise by the telegraph authority of any power so
  
  delegated shall be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Central
  
  Government may, by the notification, think fit to impose.]
  Comment: The permissions granted by other
  
  departments are no substitute for the license under the proviso to Section
  
  4(1). Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broad-casting, Govt. of 
  
  India v.  Cricket Association of Bengal AIR 1995 SUPREME COURT 1236