The Supreme Court postponed the hearing on Monday until 13 October on a plea by Telecom Major Vodafone Idea Ltd looking for destruction of the additional adjusted gross income (AGR) requirements for the period up to 2016-17.
A bank consisting of chief judge BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran, who was planned to hear the plea, was encouraged by Lawyer General Tushar Mehta, who appeared before the center that the hearing will be postponed until next Monday.
The entry was supported by senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi, who represents Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL).
They insisted on the couch that the plea was heard before Diwali holiday. The CJI allowed the submissions.
Earlier, De Tophof had postponed the hearing on 26 September until October 6.
The VIL has submitted a new plea against the fresh question of the Department of Telecommunication (DOT) of £ 5,606 Crore with regard to the 2016–17 financial year.
Earlier, the center had said that efforts were going on to achieve a resolution with the company.
The law officer said that the government had nearly 50 percent equity in the idea of Vodafone, making it a direct stakeholder in surviving the operator.
“A solution may have to be discovered, depending on the approval of your rule. If it can be stored next week, we can come up with a solution,” said the Wetsbachtenaar.
The VIL has asked a direction to “fully assess and reconcile and reconcile and reconcile and reconcile and reconcile all AGR contribution for the period up to FY 2016-17 after the” deduction verification guidelines “of 3 February 2020.
AGR -Calculation
Earlier this year, in a setback at Telecom Majors, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, the Apex Court had refused to revise its order until 2021 to reject their supplications for the rectification of alleged errors in the calculation of AGR rights that they owe.
The APEX court had rejected their supplications to request the assessment of the 2021 order.
On July 23, 2021, the APEX court rejected their applications to request rectification of the alleged errors in the calculation of AGR rights.
The telecom companies had argued that calculation errors were resolved in the calculation and there were cases of duplication of entries.
The Tophof in September 2020 set a 10-year period for telecom providers who have difficulty paying £ 93,520 Crore in AGR-related contribution to erase their outstanding amount to the government.
In his order from September 2020, the APEX court said that Telecom operators should make the payment of 10 percent of the total contribution, as required by the DOT before March 31, 2021 and the residual amount would be paid in annual installments that start from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2031.
The Tophof, which kept the DOT requirement with regard to AGR contribution as definitive, said that there should be no dispute by the telecom companies or no reassessment.
In October 2019, the Apex Court expressed its opinion on the AGR issue.
The DOT has moved a plea in the Tophof and asked for a spread payment of the contribution per counts for 20 years.
Custom gross income (AGR) is the income figure used to calculate the license costs and spectrum costs that telecom companies have to pay to the government.
Earlier, AGR included both telecom income and non-telecom income (such as interest from deposits or assets sales).
In 2021 the rules were relaxed so that non-telecom income no longer is part of AGR, which reduces the financial burden on operators.
Published on October 6, 2025
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