The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that the Union government can comprehensively assess and reconcile all adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues of Vodafone-Idea up to the financial year 2016-17 in accordance with the Deduction Verification Guidelines of February 3, 2020.

The clarification came from a Bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai on an oral mention by Voda-Idea, represented by senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Mahesh Agarwal.

The company pointed out that though a composite plea was made to reassess “all” the AGR, the sixth paragraph of the court’s October 27 order inadvertently said the telecom major was asking only for a reconciliation of the “additional” AGR demand made by the Department of Telecom for the period up to financial year 2016-17. “It was only a simple correction.

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