SC dismisses telcos’ pleas on AGR dues

The Supreme Court (SC) has termed pleas filed by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices, seeking recalculation of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues, as “misconceived”. The top court has added that the relief sought by the telecom companies (telcos) would alter the quantum of dues confirmed by it in its July 2020 order. A three-judge SC bench, headed by Justice L N Rao, had last month quashed the telcos’ petitions, seeking rectification of mathematical errors in calculating their AGR dues. The telcos have argued that there are clerical or arithmetic errors in the Dot’s calculations of AGR.