SC rejects DoT plea against TDSAT order on RCom's past liabilities

TDSAT had held liability of past dues only with RCom and not buyer of 800 MHZ spectrum

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) plea against an order of the Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) which had held that the liability of past dues of Reliance Communications Limited (RCom) rested only with it and not Reliance Jio Infocomm, which was at the time looking to buy company's spectrum.

The TDSAT had on February 26 held that that the liability of past dues related to Spectrum Usage Charges (SUC) rested only with Reliance Communications (RCom) and not the buyer of its 800 MHZ spectrum. It had also said that the buyer of RCom’s