Bharti Airtel and its subsidiaries under lawsuits for claims totaling to Rs 45,286 crore
By MYBRANDBOOK
Bharti Airtel has announced that lawsuits against it and its subsidiaries, totaling Rs. 45,286.76 crore are pending in numerous courts throughout the nation. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) raised the biggest demand of all the outstanding lawsuits—Rs 15,178 crore—for one-time spectrum fees in January 2013.
Initially a demand notice of Rs 5,201.2 crore was raised by the DoT, which was revised to Rs 8,414 crore in 2018.
"The company challenged the demand notice of Rs 5,201.2 cr dated January 8, 2013 (revised to Rs 8,414 cr in 2018), issued by Department of Telecommunications towards one-time spectrum charge (OTSC). The Bombay High Court vide order dated January 28, 2013 and October 4, 2019, granted interim protection to the company. Matter is pending adjudication," Bharti Airtel said in a regulatory filing.
The second biggest claim in the list of litigation includes a claim of Rs 4,439 crore by a company's subscriber, which has been pending before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi.
"The complainant sought damages and demanded the company pay a penalty. The complaint is frivolous and in view of the precedent laid by Supreme Court in favour of the company in the call drop case, the complaint is legally not tenable," Airtel said.
Sharing details of other claims under litigation, the company said that it has also challenged DoT's separate demand notice of Rs 1,050 crore in a case of alleged violation of quality of service rules due to congestion at the point of interconnection (POI). The penalty was imposed by DoT based on the recommendation of the telecom regulator Trai on a complaint made by Reliance Jio.
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