New Delhi: Mukesh Ambani's RIL today
questioned in the Supreme Court the demand of brother Anil
Ambani's 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.
"There was assurance given for the supply of gas but
the other side (Anil Ambani Group) failed to establish the
power plant. Now they want to make money out of the gas which
was never contemplated in the demerger scheme," Senior
advocate Harish Salve, appearing for RIL said before a Bench
headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishanan.
Continuing his argments in the high-votage gas row,
Salve said the assured supply of gas was the vital
ingredient of the agreement for the power plant to be
established by the RNRL at Dadri, near Ghaziabad in Uttar
Pradesh.
"Therefore, no court can modify the scheme which
they (RNRL) sought," Salve submitted before the Bench, also
comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and P Sathasivam.
RIL's submission revolved around the question of a
suitable arrangement for the supply of gas from KG Basin to
RNRL.
When the day's hearing was about to conclude, RNRL's
counsel Ram Jethmalani contended that the seven affidavits
filed in the apex court by RIL's Directors relating to the
family MoU of 2005 saying were not the part of record when the
dispute was heard in the Bombay High Court.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, November 13, 2009, 00:20