Supreme Court dismisses ₹363 crore GST demand against Vodafone Idea on tower business sale

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the government’s appeal seeking to revive its ₹363 crore goods and services tax demand against Vodafone Idea (Vi) on the sale of Vodafone Mobile Services’ tower business to ATC Telecom Infrastructure.

The apex court also questioned the government on how these proceedings could have been initiated against Vodafone Mobile Services, a non-existent entity. Vodafone Mobile Services, which was a unit of Vodafone India, became non-existent after the 2018 merger between Vodafone India and Idea Cellular to form Vodafone Idea.