AGR dues: ISPs may move Supreme Court to seek relief on lines of PSUs

While the matter relating to adjusted gross revenue dues of telecom operators and non-telecom public sector undertakings have got resolved, the same cannot be said with regards to the stand-alone Internet service providers (ISPs). These players plan to approach the Supreme Court shortly to seek relief on the lines granted to the non-telecom PSUs by the apex court as they feel that their case is also similar and clubbing them with the telecom operators is not fair.

The department of telecommunications has raised a total demand of around Rs 18,000- 19,000 crore as dues on a clutch of stand-alone ISPs.