The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Association of Internet Service Providers and 16 internet service providers (ISPs) based on a petition filed by the government challenging the telecom tribunal’s ruling relating to ISPs’ income.

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Association of Internet Service Providers and 16 internet service providers (ISPs) based on a petition filed by the government challenging thetelecom tribunal’s ruling relating to ISPs’ income. TDSAT had held that income from dividend and interest on savings, capital gains as well as benefits from foreign exchange should not be part of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) of an ISP. TDSAT’s ruling in August 2007 had excluded these from the companies’ AGRs for the purpose of calculating the licence fee payable to the government.