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TCS to make Rs 1,218 cr provision for claims in Epic Systems case

In a seperate filing, TCS also informed that it will also consider share buyback proposal during its board meet to accept second-quarter results on Wednesday

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The matter relates to a US grand jury order that slapped two Tata Group companies — TCS and Tata America International Corp.—with a $940 million fine in a trade secret lawsuit | Photo: Shutterstock

Sai Ishwar Mumbai
Tata Consultancy Services will be making a precautionary provision of Rs 1,218 crore in a trade secret theft lawsuit involving medical software company Epic Systems.

India's largest software company will make a provision of Rs 1,218 crore as an exceptional item in the upcoming results to be announced on October 7 as a provision in the books for a legal claim in the Epic Systems matter.

In August, an appeals court in the US upheld that the punitive damages of $280 million against TCS in the lawsuit were ‘excessive’. The court halved the damages to $140 million.

"TCS is legally

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