Human Rights Law Network has already filed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the government’s recent decision to raise the price of natural gas produced in the country.
While admitting the PIL filed by member of Parliament Gurudas Dasgupta and former power secretary E.A.S. Sarma, the court issued notices to the Union government, oil minister M. Veerappa Moily, India’s petroleum and natural gas ministry, RIL and Canada’s Niko Resources Ltd and BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd.
The petition questions the acceptance of higher prices without strict scrutiny of its impact on the economy in general and the petroleum and fertilizer sectors in particular.
Communist Party of India leader Dasgupta has alleged that Moily helped RIL to increase the price of gas produced from the KG-D6 offshore gas field. Moily, on his part, alleged that import lobbies were trying to exert influence on India—even intimidating ministers—not to raise the domestic prices of gas and not to reduce overseas purchases.
While admitting the PIL filed by member of Parliament Gurudas Dasgupta and former power secretary E.A.S. Sarma, the court issued notices to the Union government, oil minister M. Veerappa Moily, India’s petroleum and natural gas ministry, RIL and Canada’s Niko Resources Ltd and BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd.
The petition questions the acceptance of higher prices without strict scrutiny of its impact on the economy in general and the petroleum and fertilizer sectors in particular.
Communist Party of India leader Dasgupta has alleged that Moily helped RIL to increase the price of gas produced from the KG-D6 offshore gas field. Moily, on his part, alleged that import lobbies were trying to exert influence on India—even intimidating ministers—not to raise the domestic prices of gas and not to reduce overseas purchases.
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