PIL seeks cancellation of RIL-Niko KG basin deal

Update: 2013-08-16 23:42 GMT
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction from the court to the central government to cancel its Production Sharing Contract with Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and NIKO resources on exploration of natural gas from KG basin, alleging deliberate under-production with mala fide intentions.

The petition alleges that the government’s action in this case showed that it had played a fraud on the people and the Constitution of India.

The PIL seeks a thorough probe by an SIT or CBI under the supervision of SC into the alleged high level collusion between RIL and the political establishment and the corruption involved.

The petition has been filed by Common Cause, T S R Subramanian (former cabinet secretary, govt of India), Admiral (Retd.) L Ramdas (former chief of naval staff) and Ramaswamy R Iyer (former secretary, govt of India).

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