Anil Ambani clears legal hurdle to sell telecom assets to Reliance Jio
Live MintNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the sale of spectrum by Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications Ltd to elder brother Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd on the condition that the seller furnishes ₹ 1,400 crore as corporate guarantee to the government within two days. The tribunal had also asked RCom to not sell a land parcel worth ₹ 1,400 crore for the time being so that it could act as a guarantee against the government’s demand for dues. In October, TDSAT rejected a plea by the telecom department seeking bank guarantee of around ₹ 2,940 crore for its outstanding liabilities before approving the RCom-RJio assets sale. In August, RCom said it had completed the sale of its media convergence nodes and related infrastructure assets worth ₹ 2,000 crore, besides the sale of fibre worth ₹ 3,000 crore to Reliance Jio.