Minister for petroleum and natural gas, Murli said the Supreme Court verdict saying the government stand that gas belongs to the nation has been vindicated.

Immediately after the Supreme Court upheld the government’s right to fix price of gas and decide its utilisation, Deora  said “SC verdict upholds the fact that gas belongs to the government and the people of the country and that is what we have been saying.”

“I welcome the verdict. No matter what campaign one ran against the government, the nation is supreme,” he said without naming Anil Ambani group which had cast aspersions on his ministry for allegedly siding with Mukesh-led RIL.
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In the midst of the court battle, the government had also moved the Supreme Court asserting its sovereign right on pricing and utilisation, even as RIL said that it had fixed the gas price at $4.20 per mmBtu as per the government policy.
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PTI

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