The Supreme Court today listed the PILs challenging the Centre's decision to raise the price of natural gas for a final hearing on March 4.
A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam adjourned the hearing as the Centre has not filed its response and directed it to file its reply within two weeks.
The court was hearing two PILs---one filed by senior CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta and other by an NGO Common Cause-- challenging the government decision to increase the price of natural gas.
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Earlier, the apex court had issued notice to the Centre, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and others on a PIL seeking cancellation of contract for exploration of oil and gas concerning the Krishna-Godavari block and to impose penalty for failure in adhering to commitments.
The petitioners also sought a direction for a thorough audit by CAG of the working of the production sharing contract (PSC) governing KG block, gold plating by RIL, the underproduction by RIL and all related issues.
