Vedanta

The Supreme Court on Wed...

Appearing on behalf of Vedanta Limited, Senior Advocate Harish Salve submitted that it will only run the oxygen plant to meet the national scarcity of oxygen during the COVID-19 crisis.

The Vedanta company in its affidavit has again asked the court to allow it to run the plant and states that it is the duty of Tamil Nadu Government to ensure that no law and order issues arise if the plant is reopened.

The Bench, headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde, cleared that there is no problem if the Tamil Nadu government takes over the plant, but it would be required to produce the oxygen that it can during these trying times when the whole country is gasping for oxygen.

According to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, the country is in dire need of oxygen. Vedanta wants to make its plant operational but it should be allowed operational to produce only oxygen for health purposes.

However, the Chief Justice kept the matter for hearing respondents tomorrow stating, "We are also having virtual and physical mixture also, let us put for tomorrow, let us use those cameras and screens on you."

The Delhi High Court on Thursday has heard the arguments presented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the Central Government in its plea against Vedanta seeking clearance of dues of Rs. 3686 Crores in lieu of renewal of the contract for Rajasthan oil block.

New Delhi (ILNS): The Supreme Court today decided that the plea from Vedanta, for the reopening of the Sterlite Copper plant in Tamil Nadu, will be heard in December.

The Supreme Court today held that enforcing the Malaysian arbitral award in favour of the Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta on the Ravva oil and gas fields, located in the shallow offshore area of the Krishna-Godavari basin on the eastern coast of India, will not go against public policy in India.

Vedanta has filed a plea in the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court order which dismissed its plea to reopen the Sterlite Copper’s smelter unit at Thoothukudi.