Supreme Court directs Reliance Jio to pay Rs 70 crore to Tata Communications in 2 weeks
India Today
The Supreme Court on Monday directed Reliance Jio to pay Rs 70 crore to Tata Communications within two weeks.
In Reliance Jio’s case against Tata Communications over cable landing station usage charges, the Supreme Court on Monday directed Reliance Jio to pay Rs 70 crore to Tata within two weeks pending further orders in the case.
A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana, issued the direction in an application filed by Reliance Jio against the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) order to pay Rs 147 crore to Tata Telecom, as cable landing station usage charges.
Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan appearing for Reliance Jio submitted that a reply needs to be filed by the other side to their application.
“You don’t want to pay money, you collect money from us but you don’t want to pay,” the CJI remarked.
Vishwanathan submitted that according to their case, the other side owes them money.
Senior Advocate Arvind Datar appearing for Tata Communications submitted that “We are entitled to disconnect. This is not a case of financial difficulty. They just bid Rs 50,000 crore for 5G spectrum.”
The matter was listed after the court was told by Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan that several users will be blocked if Tata goes through with the suspension of the user licence due to non-payment of dues.
