Tata Teleservices Ltd. v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
The Appellate Tribunal directed the respondent to set aside interest levied on short penalty payments, holding that interest should not accrue from the date of the original deterministic demand but only after the revised demand was issued following the recalculations mandated by a prior Tribunal judgment.
What did the court decide?
The impugned demands to the extent of the interest component are set aside.
What the court decided
TELECOM DISPUTES SETTLEMENT & APPELLATE TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI
Dated 23rd November, 2015
Petition No. 345 of 2014
Tata Teleservices Ltd., New Delhi …Petitioner Vs. Union Of India, New Delhi … Respondent
Petition No. 357 of 2014
Tata Teleservices Ltd., New Delhi …Petitioner Vs. Union Of India, New Delhi … Respondent
BEFORE :
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AFTAB ALAM, CHAIRPERSON HON’BLE DR. KULDIP SINGH, MEMBER HON’BLE MR. B.B. SRIVASTAVA, MEMBER
- For Petitioner : Mr. Ramji Srinivasan, Sr. Advocate Mr. Nitin Kala, Advocate Mr. Kunal Singh, Advocate
- For Respondent : Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Advocate Mr. Vikas Malik, Advocate
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Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the respondent was justified in levying interest on short payments from the date of the original demand.
Whether the impugned demands to the extent of the interest component should be set aside due to delay in recalculating penalties based on the Tribunal judgment.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Tata Teleservices Ltd.
- respondent
Union Of India
Coram
Aftab Alam
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- TDSAT
- Decided on
- · November
- Case no.
- TELECOM PETITION/357/2014
- Topic
- Banking and Recovery
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