New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Vodafone Idea has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking relief from additional adjusted gross revenue (AGR) demands raised by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for the period up to FY 2016-17.

The plea sought directions to quash the additional demand of AGR dues, saying that it belonged to the pre 2016- 17 period that had been settled by the Supreme Court's earlier ruling.

It further sought to direct the telecom department to comprehensively reassess and reconcile all AGR dues based on the 'Deduction Verification Guidelines' issued on February 3, 2020.

"The action of DoT was completely unjust, unfair and arbitrary in seeking to raise additional demands despite the Supreme Court having crystallise...