Hearing the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) plea in regard to the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) case, a bench of the Supreme Court of India on March 18 held that no further objections to its orders would be allowed against payable dues.
In its order, the three-judge bench led by Justice Mishra, and comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer and MR Shah held that no self-assessment can be done and no further objection would be entertained.
The SC order directed that no exercise of self-assessment be carried out and no further objection would be entertained.
“All dues as per our judgement will have to be paid, including interest and penalty. The Solicitor General had filed a plea seeking reasonable time, we will consider this plea on the next date,” the order stated.
Justice Mishra finally observed, “We will summon the DoT secretary who allowed this self-assessment. You can’t understand our pain. We can’t keep quiet anymore.”
The SC also grilled the officer who passed the order regarding “no coercive” action, adding: “You have committed a sin, we will get you fired.”
The Supreme Court will hear the next AGR case after two weeks.
