* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 08^th OCTOBER, 2025 IN THE MATTER OF:

+ O.M.P. (COMM) 178/2020 UNION OF INDIA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr.

Kirtiman Singh, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Suman Jyoti Khaitan, Mr. Vikas Kumar, Mr. Ayush Kapur, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. RV Prabhat, Mr. Saurabh Tirpathi, Mr. Shubham Sharma, Mr. Vihaan Kumar, Mr. Maulik Khurana, Mr. Vinay Yadav, Ms. Laavanya Kaushik, GP, Mr. Anil Chawdhary, Advocates Mr. Vivek Kumar Sharma, Director, Ministry of Mines.

versus STERLITE INDUSTRIES(INDIA) LTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Gourab Banerji, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Saman Ahsan, Ms. Srijata Majumdar, Mr. Rahul Sangwan, Mr Rakesh Talukdar, Mr Sundaram, Advocates.

+ O.M.P. (COMM) 208/2020 VEDANTA LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Gourab Banerji, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Saman Ahsan, Ms. Srijata Majumdar, Mr. Rahul Sangwan, Mr Rakesh Talukdar, Mr Sundaram, Advocates.

versus THE UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr.

Kirtiman Singh, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Suman Jyoti Khaitan, Mr. Vikas Kumar, Mr. Ayush Kapur, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. RV Prabhat, Mr. Saurabh Tirpathi, Mr. Shubham Sharma, Mr. Vihaan Kumar, Mr. Maulik K