Govt to move HC against tribunal order on RIL gas dispute: Pradhan

Verdict went in favour of RIL even after a report by US-based DeGolyer and MacNaughton said 11.122 bn cubic metres of gas had migrated from ONGC's area to RIL's block between April 2009 and March 2015

Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday that the government will appeal at the High Court against an order by an international tribunal favouring Reliance Industries in the controversial gas migration dispute.

“The government will certainly file an appeal against the arbitration award in the higher forum. It will be in the High Court,” Pradhan told the media on the sidelines of a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Delhi. Government is set to move the Delhi High Court after a three-member tribunal — including Singapore-based arbitration chambers' head Lawrence Boo, government