Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 03-09-2026

Case Overview

  • Parties: Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Circle 5 (2) (1) & Ors. (Petitioner) vs Vodafone Idea Ltd (Respondent).
  • Petition Details: Special Leave to Appeal (C) No.12459/2025, arising from the High Court's final judgment and order dated 06-02-2024 in WP No.2768/2022.
  • Relief Sought: Condonation of delay in filing IA No.172291/2025, IA No.172292/2025 (condonation of delay in refiling/curing defects), and IA No.53577/2025 (condonation of delay in filing).
  • Counsel for Petitioner: Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav (AOR), Mr. N Venkataraman (A.S.G.), Mr. Sudarshan Lamba (AOR), Mr. V Chandrashekhara Bharathi (Adv.), Mr. Raghav Sharma (Adv.), Mr. Navanjay Mahapatra (Adv.), Mr. B K Satija (Adv.), Mr. Vaibhav Mishra (Adv.).
  • Counsel for Respondent: Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon (AOR), Mr. Dharan Gandhi (Adv.), Mr. Rajat Mittal (AOR), Mr. Priyanshu (Adv.), Mr. Subham Kumar (Adv.), Mr. Ashim Sood (Adv.), Mr. Mahesh Agarwal (Adv.), Mr. Anshuman Srivastava (Adv.), Mr. Himanshu Saraswat (Adv.), Mr. E. C. Agrawala (AOR), Mr. Sachit Jolly (Sr. Adv.), Ms. Soumya Singh (Adv.), Mr. Ravi Kumar (Adv.), Mr. Praveen Swarup (AOR).
  • Bench: Hon'ble the Chief Justice, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Joymalya Bagchi, Hon'ble Mrs. Justice V. Mohana.

Final Outcome

  • The Court ordered that the matter be listed before an appropriate bench after taking necessary directions from the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India. No substantive decision on the condonation of delay was rendered at this hearing.

Topics: Tax Litigation, Telecom Sector