Bharti Airtel revealed plans to appeal for a review of its adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues, following a ruling by India’s Supreme Court to allow a broader reassessment of rival Vodafone Idea’s liabilities.

Airtel vice chair and MD Gopal Vittal stated in its fiscal Q2 earnings call the company welcomes the fact that the Supreme Court’s order allows the government to “undertake a comprehensive assessment, reassessment and reconciliation” of AGR dues, including interest and penalties up to the financial year 2016-17.

“We are now planning to take up a matter with the government,” he said, highlighting it’s always maintained “the AGR judgment of 2019 was a body blow to the industry. The fact that even errors of calculation were not entertained was even more disappointing.”

The high count expanded a previous order and advised the government to establish a special package for the debt-laden company covering its entire outstanding AGR dues totalling more than INR834 billion ($9.4 billion), The Economic Times reported.

The earlier order restricted the review to the additional demand of INR94.5 billion by the Department of Telecommunications dating back to fiscal 2019.

The newspaper noted the ruling is expected to help Vodafone Idea line up new capital and support a potential investment from private equity company Tillman Global Holdings to take operational control of the operator.