Reliance Industries and the government have supported Reliance Natural Resources' plea for an early hearing, . This move comes after RNRL moved the apex court yesterday for an early hearing in the gas case. The Supreme Court said it will consider the plea and has asked parties to come back on September 1.
Mahesh Agarwal, Counsel for RIL, said that the government had taken back its SLP (special leave petition) for amendment. the government will submit a modified SLP to the court on Saturday.
Today, Reliance Industries and RNRLhad an early hearing on the RIL-RNRL gas dispute. The government and RIL have supported RNRL’s plea. Although the Supreme Court has refused to bring forth the September 1 hearing, they have told all parties to come back on September 1 and then they would consider the plea to bring forward the final hearing on the entire matter.
But the other big news coming out is that the government has for the moment withdrawn its special leave petition (SLP) on the matter. Disputing contradictory comments coming, we are still not able to confirm whether that SLP has been withdrawn for modifications or whether it has been withdrawn for good. We heard Mahesh Agarwal (RNRL Counsel) say from his knowledge that the SLP has been withdrawn for modifications. So, it may come back with some modifications, some changes, or some alternates being made to the earlier plea. We still don’t have clarity on that as the government has withdrawn its SLP in the RIL-RNRL case.
Q: At this point pending the next hearing when the Supreme Court will decide on final hearing date things are pretty much statusquo in the court?
A: Yes, things are pretty much status quo. The next date continues to be September 1. All that the court has admitted is that when the September 1 hearing comes up, if they feel a need to bring forward the final hearing to earlier than they were suppose to, they would consider it. But for the moment the next hearing is on September 1 and the government has withdrawn its SLP.
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