Telcos look to govt for AGR relief as SC rejects final review petition

With the Supreme Court rejecting the final set of review petitions on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues, telecom operators have now exhausted all legal avenues and can only hope for relief from the government. The latest order has dismissed Bharti Airtel’s pending review petition from August 2021, which was the last remaining legal challenge in the AGR dispute. This follows the apex court’s dismissal of curative petitions last year that sought corrections in alleged calculation errors made by the department of telecommunications (DoT).