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After a Supreme Court rap for missing payment deadline, top telecom firms Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices on Monday scrambled to pay a part of the outstanding dues even as the Supreme Court refused to stop the government from taking coercive action for any further delay in clearing full dues. While Airtel paid Rs 10,000 crore, Vodafone Idea Ltd put in Rs 2,500 crore and promised to pay another Rs 1,000 crore before the end of the week. Tata Teleservices Ltd paid Rs 2,197 crore, the entire outstanding it believes to have arisen after the October 24 ruling of the Supreme Court for calculating dues after adding non-telecom revenues.India's second-largest telco Vodafone Idea stares at bankruptcy. Vodafone Idea Ltd's total liability is estimated to be around Rs 53,038 crore including Rs 24,729 crore in spectrum dues and Rs 28,309 crore in licence fees.For more about the story.