| RNRL withdraws opposition to govt being a party | 20-NOV-09 |
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| In a new development in the RIL-RNRL appeals in the Supreme Court today on their gas dispute, RNRL revoked its opposition to the Union government being heard. And, the Solicitor General appeared for the first time, on behalf of the government and NTPC. |
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| Gas row: RNRL accuses govt of siding with RIL | 19-NOV-09 |
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| The Anil Ambani group today accused the government of being a party to the "conspiracy" with Mukesh Ambani firm Reliance Industries (RIL) to "destroy" it but dropped its opposition to the Petroleum Ministry putting its stand before the Supreme Court. |
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| Where you sit | 19-NOV-09 |
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| Most people in public life know that where you stand depends on where you sit. When Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran began arguing the government’s case in the fight between Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Anil Ambani’s Reliance Natural Resources Limited (RNRL), he happened to sit on the same side as RNRL’s lawyers. Ram Jethmalani, who is one of RNRL’s lawyers, objected and said, “You should move to the other side (near the RIL lawyers) since this makes it appear that you (the government) are in collusion with me (RNRL). |
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| Ambani gas row: Govt must approve suitable arrangement | 18-NOV-09 |
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| The government today asserted in the Supreme Court that any suitable arrangement between the Ambani brothers for the supply of gas from K G Basin has to be approved by it keeping the national interest paramount. |
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| Parasaran begins arguments in gas row | 18-NOV-09 |
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| Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran asserted today that all natural resources, including gas, were the property of the central government, according to Article 297 of the Constitution. They cannot be shared among private parties, ignoring the interest of the government, custodian of the public interest. |
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| Gas is not pvt property of Ambani bros: Govt | 17-NOV-09 |
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| The government today opened its arguments in the high-voltage gas row between the Ambani brothers in the Supreme Court asserting that any understanding reached between them was not binding on it as gas was not their "private property". |
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| Another RIL counsel continues arguments in gas dispute case | 14-NOV-09 |
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| Though Senior Counsel Harish Salve concluded his arguments in the Ambani brothers’ case on the eleventh day today in the Supreme Court, another counsel for the RIL started arguments challenging the Bombay High Court’s judgment on the sharing of gas from the K-G basin. |
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| Gas row: RIL counters RNRL's claim on MoU approval | 13-NOV-09 |
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| Mukesh Ambani group firm Reliance Industries (RIL) today told the Supreme Court that its directors have filed the affidavits in the gas row to counter Anil Ambani's contention that the family MoU was approved by the RIL board. |
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| RIL questions RNRL's demand for gas without plant | 13-NOV-09 |
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| The Mukesh Ambani-led RIL today questioned in the Supreme Court the demand of brother Anil Ambani-led RNRL for the immediate supply of gas from the K-G basin, saying that it cannot be done in the absence of the proposed power plant as per the agreement reached between them. |
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| RIL questions RNRL's demand for gas without power plant | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL) today questioned in the Supreme Court the demand of brother Anil Ambani's Reliance Natural Resources (RNRL) for the immediate supply of gas from KG basin saying that it cannot be done in the absence of the proposed power plant as per the agreement reached between them. |
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| Ambanis' 2005 family deal not binding: RIL counsel | 12-NOV-09 |
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| The memorandum of understanding arrived at in the Ambani family in 2005 to divide the industrial assets between brothers Mukesh and Anil was only a “guiding tool” and could not be treated as binding on the demerged companies, Reliance Industries’ counsel Harish Salve told the Supreme Court today. |
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| Gas row: RIL says RNRL can't trade in gas | 11-NOV-09 |
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| Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL) today told the Supreme Court that the demerger scheme worked out with his brother Anil Ambani was categorical that the gas supplies from the KG Basin to his group was not for trading and meant for promoting power generation plant. |
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| RNRL affidavit again attacks RIL, ministry | 11-NOV-09 |
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| Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) today renewed its attack in the Supreme Court on the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on the gas supply dispute. It called the government’s stand “dishonest and collusive”. |
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| Gas row: RNRL accuses govt of changing stands | 10-NOV-09 |
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| Mukesh Ambani-firm Reliance Industries (RIL) today told the Supreme Court that the family MoU of 2005 was irrelevant for arriving at a suitable arrangement for the supply of gas to brother Anil Ambani's Reliance Natural Resources (RNRL). |
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| And then there were none... | 06-NOV-09 |
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| Justice RV Raveendran recusing himself from the case of the warring Ambani brothers on the grounds that his daughter was employed in a law firm which was advising Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is, at one level, in keeping with the finest traditions of the judiciary. Justice, as Justice Raveendran has been quoted as saying, must not only be done, it must be seen to be done. Indeed, it is in keeping with the tradition that, on the same day, in the same Supreme Court, Justice Markandey Katju also recused himself — this time in a case involving the same RIL and the government-owned Bharat Petroleum. In Justice Katju’s case, he cited shares held by his wife in RIL as the reason for wanting to recuse himself. While we have to laud the two judges for being so transparent, especially at a time when the judiciary has come increasingly under the good governance scanner, there is a case for assessing what constitutes conflict of interest. |
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