SC dismisses pleas of telecom majors alleging errors in calculation of AGR-related dues

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the purposes filed by telecom majors, together with Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel, searching for rectification of the alleged errors in calculation of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) associated dues payable by them.
“All the miscellaneous applications are dismissed,” a bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao mentioned whereas saying the order.
The telecom corporations had submitted earlier than the apex courtroom that arithmetical errors within the calculation be rectified and there are circumstances of duplication of entries.

The high courtroom in September final yr had a time interval of 10 years to telecom service suppliers struggling to pay Rs 93,520 crores of AGR associated dues to clear their excellent quantity to the federal government.
During the listening to on the purposes on July 19, the bench had referred to an earlier order handed by the apex courtroom within the matter and noticed that it mentioned no re-assessment of AGR associated dues could be accomplished.
One of the legal professionals representing a telecom agency had contended that they weren’t blaming the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for it as there are arithmetical entries they usually wish to place the entries earlier than the division in order that they will re-consider it.

In its September final yr order, the apex courtroom had mentioned that telecom operators shall make the cost of 10 per cent of the entire dues as demanded by the DoT by March 31, 2021 and relaxation quantity to be paid in yearly instalments commencing from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2031.
The high courtroom, which had held that demand raised by the DoT in respect of AGR dues might be ultimate, had mentioned there shall be no dispute raised by the telcos and there shall not be any re-assessment.
The apex courtroom had in October 2019 delivered its verdict on the AGR problem.
The DoT in March final yr had moved a plea within the high courtroom searching for permission for permitting staggered cost of the dues by telcos over a interval of 20 years