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On October 30 2026 the Supreme Court appointed former judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai as sole mediator in the Krishna‑Godavari basin gas migration dispute, with the bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi directing her to seek assistance from two domain experts. Attorney General R Venkataramani, appearing for the Union government, assured full cooperation to the mediator.
The dispute involves Reliance Industries Limited and its consortium partners BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd and Niko (NECO) Ltd, which contest a claim by the Union government for $1.55 billion alleging siphoning of natural gas from state‑run offshore blocks. The parties had previously sought arbitration and appealed a Delhi High Court decision before the Supreme Court referred the matter to mediation.
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