Govt to file amended petition in SC this week

New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) The government is believed to have
decided to amend its petition in the Supreme Court on the
Ambani brothers' gas dispute and is expected to move the apex
court with the changes sometime this week.

The amendments in the petition filed by the Petroleum
Ministry last month pertain to the part of the MoU that deals
with gas supply and will seek to delink Production Sharing
Contract between the government and Mukesh Ambani-led RIL from
the Ambani family settlement.

A senior official, who is directly involved in the
matter, confirmed that the government would possibly file its
stand this week.

"A decision has been taken in this regard," he said.

The government had last week cured certain technical
defects in the petition.

A view towards these changes in the petition emerged at

two meetings Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had with Law
Minister Veerappa Moily, Oil Minister Murli Deora and others.
The first meeting on Thursday, incidentally, took place

within hours of Anil's address to RNRL shareholders where he
had accused Oil Ministry of siding with RIL in the dispute,
while the second meeting was held on Friday.
Hitting back at industrialist Anil Ambani for his

criticism of Petroleum Ministry, Moily said the government was
fully behind Deora and will not make any compromise on its
right over national resources. PTI IB
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