"We note the FM's announcement that existing cases arising from the 2012 retrospective tax law should follow the lawful process in which they are currently being adjudicated," Vodafone said in a statement.
Vodafone will therefore continue process of international arbitration initiated under the India-Netherlands Bilateral Investment Treaty, it added.
In his maiden Budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that consequent to certain retrospective amendments introduced to the Income Tax Act 1961 through the Finance Act, 2012, a few cases had have come up in various courts and other legal fora.
The minister said the sovereign right of the government to undertake retrospective legislation is unquestionable.
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Vodafone said: "From the outset, we have maintained that there was no tax to pay, a view upheld by India's Supreme Court, and the retrospective law in any case concerned tax on the gain made by Hutchison: Vodafone, as the buyer, clearly made no capital gain whatsoever," it said.
The firm added the "notion" of retrospective withholding obligation is both "unjust" and constitutes "imposition of a burden of impossibility of performance".
The government, however, amended tax laws with retrospective effect to undo the Supreme Court judgement and claim taxes.
In April, Vodafone International Holdings B V served an arbitration notice under the Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement between India and the Netherlands for resolving its tax dispute.
Following the notice, the previous UPA government on May 15 approved withdrawal of a conciliation offer.
While the basic tax demand was Rs 7,990 crore, the total outstanding, including interest and penalty, is estimated to have risen to Rs 20,000 crore.