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Synopsis

The Supreme Court has dismissed the curative petition filed by Vodafone Idea against the court's earlier dismissal of a plea seeking correction of errors in demand of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues. 

A bench of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice BR Gavai in the order has said, "We have gone through the Curative Petitions and the connected documents. In our opinion, no case is made out within the parameters indicated in the decision of this Court in Rupa Ashok Hurra v Ashok Hurra...".

The Supreme Court in July 2021 had dismissed plea by Airtel, Vodafone and TATA seeking correction of errors in demand of AGR dues. 

A Full Bench of Justice LN Rao, Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice MR Shah, had concluded the hearing and reserved orders in the plea on July 19, 2021.

Pointing out that there were a number of errors that were made in arriving at those AGR Dues, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone in January, 2021 had approached the Supreme Court.

In September 2020, the top court had reaffirmed the dues payable by telecom companies particularly Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. It had granted 10 years to telecom firms such as Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Tata Teleservices for paying the AGR related dues to DOT with certain conditions. 

Telecom Companies were asked to pay 10% of their dues by March 31, 2021.

Pointing out that there were a number of errors that were made in arriving at those AGR Dues, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone in January, 2021 had approached the Supreme Court.

The Court thereafter reserved orders in the plea by Airtel and Vodafone and directed the Solicitor General to file response to the applications. 

Case Title: Vodafone Idea Limited vs. Union of India