AGR dues: Telcos dial SC again, seek change in 90-day payment deadline

The court, on October 24 last year, had ordered telecom companies to pay their licence fees and spectrum user charges within 90 days. Failure to do so could lead to contempt of court

Three telecom operators on Monday filed a “modification application” in the Supreme Court, seeking a change in the 90-day payment deadline for dues on account of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) as well as permission to engage with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on the terms and timing of payment. 

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and the Tata group, including Hughes Telecom (which was later named TTSL Maharashtra), have requested the apex court to list their petition for urgent hearing on Tuesday, because the deadline for them to pay Rs 1.47 trillion as AGR ends on January 24. 

The court, on October 24 last