SC asks govt, Vodafone to maintain status quo on OTSC demands, final hearing in February

The Supreme Court on Monday accepted the government’s suggestion to maintain status quo on fresh demands or recoveries between it and Vodafone Idea till the one-time spectrum charge (OTSC) case is finally decided in February.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta suggested before a bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan that the government needs to re-compute the demands and in the meantime status quo orders be passed “ with no fresh demands or payments by any side either” till the disposal of the case.