Facing a penalty of Rs 150 crore (Rs 1.5 billion) for illegal rerouting of international calls, Reliance Infocomm is understood to have submitted its reply in the appellate telecom tribunal TDSAT justifying its position.
The case is coming up for hearing in TDSAT on Tuesday.
Earlier in its reply to Department of Telecom, Reliance Infocomm had said that, "there is no justification in DoT's decision to impose penalty" as there was no violation of any of the licence's clause.
In its reply to DoT, Reliance had said that the action was "misconceived and unjustified" and had demanded a review of the decision.
Last week, the government, in its counter affidavit, had accused Reliance Infocomm of violating the licence by illegally routing international calls as local ones to avoid payment of levies to the telecom PSUs and alleged that the private operator had misrepresented the facts.
The counter-affidavit was filed by DoT in response to a petition filed by Reliance Infocomm challenging the penalty of Rs 150 crore imposed on it by the government for alleged illegal rerouting of international calls.
© 2026