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The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday dismissed the two petitions filed by Vedanta Ltd, where the mining group challenged the selection of Adani Enterprises' bid for debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL). A two-member bench comprising Chairperson Ashok Bhushan and Member Technical Barun Mitra said: "No grounds have been made out by the appellant (Vedanta) to interfere with the decision of the adjudicating Authority (NCLT)." "There is no merit in the appeal. Both appeals are dismissed. There shall be no orders to pass," said NCLAT. The decision of the Committee of Creditors was based on "overall consideration of the respective resolution plan and was taken in its commercial wisdom," said the appellate tribunal. NCLAT also said there has been "no material irregularity committed by Resolution Professional while conducting the plan resolution process." NCLAT also dismissed Vedanta's plea, where it had questioned the evaluation metrics adopted and had said