India, Oct. 2 -- The Supreme Court (SC) is likely to hear on October 6 a plea of telecom major Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) seeking the quashing of the additional adjusted gross revenue (AGR) demands for the period until 2016-17. According to the top court's website, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai has listed the fresh plea of the VIL for hearing on Monday, when the court reopens after the Dussehra break.
The top court deferred the hearing on September 26, after taking note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who represented the Centre, to this effect. The VIL has filed the fresh plea against the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) fresh demand of '5,606 crore relating to the financial year 2016...