Claims worth Rs 45K cr against Bharti Airtel, subsidiaries under litigation

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said claims worth Rs 45,286.76 crore against the company and its subsidiaries are under litigation in various courts across the country. The pending litigations include a demand of Rs 15,178 crore, the highest among all, for one-time spectrum charges that was raised by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) 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, wh

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