Vi moves SC...

BY ISSUING a fresh demand, the DoT has, in the company's view, effectively recalculated dues despite the fact that the apex court itself had refused to entertain requests for recalculation in the past.

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The petition has highlighted that the company had previously approached the SC seeking re-calculation of the dues, arguing that the DoT had committed arithmetical errors by way of double counting in its assessment. However, the SC had dismissed that request, holding that the matter was closed and that no further reassessment was permissible.

Vodafone Idea has now petitioned that if the apex court had rejected its plea for recalculation, then the same principle should bind the government. In other words, if the company was denied relief on the ground that the AGR liability was frozen, the DoT too should not have the right to revisit and inflate the dues.