Supreme Court dismisses telcos’ pleas on ‘errors’, no change in dues

THE SUPREME Court Friday dismissed applications by telecom companies seeking correction of what they claimed were “arithmetic errors” in the calculation of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) payable to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

“All applications are dismissed,” a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and S Abdul Nazeer and M R Shah said.

While Bharti Airtel had estimated its AGR dues at Rs 18,000 crore and Vi (Vodafone Idea) at Rs 25,000 crore, the DoT told the Supreme Court the two companies owed it Rs 43,000 crore and Rs 58,000 crore, respectively.