Partly allowed
Reliance Communications Ltd. (a.P ) v. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
TDSATTELECOM PETITION/161/2011
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Respondent BSNL challenged Petitioner Reliance Communications' disconnection notices and claimed recovery of Access Deficit Charges (ADC) and Interest Usage Charges (IUC). The Tribunal held the ADC claim for the first period (2004-2004) was barred by limitation, while the second period's claim was sub judice. It read down the interest clause to ensure reciprocity.
What did the court decide?
The petition was allowed in part; the claim for ADC for the P-1 period was rejected as barred by limitation, and the interest clause was read down to apply reciprocally to both parties.