Court defers Vodafone tax hearing to Feb 8

MUMBAI, INDIA: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday deferred to February 8, 2011, a hearing of Vodafone Plc's petition against a move by Indian tax office to treat it as an agent of the seller in its 2007 acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa's mobile business in India, a spokesman for Vodafone in India said.

Vodafone had filed a writ with the court on October 15, saying the tax office's move to treat the company as an agent of the seller was an "unusual move".