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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Reserved on: 22^nd December, 2025

Pronounced on: 6^th January, 2026

+ W.P.(C) 14738/2025, CM APPL. 60479-80/2025 & 77491/2025

VEDANTA LIMITED .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Senior Advocate

with Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Mr. Anish Kapur, Ms. Nikhita K. Suri, Ms. Suman Yadav, Mr. Gurudas Khurana, Mr. Raghav Dutt and Mr. Keshav

Sehgal, Advocates.

versus

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents

Through: Mr. Ashish K. Dixit, CGSC with MR.

Umar Hashmi, Mr. Shivam Tiwari, Ms. Iqra Sheikh and Ms. Urmila Sharma,

Advocates for R-1.

Mr. R. Venkataramani, AGI with Mr. Nakul Sachdeva, Mr. Sagar Arora, Mr. Shreyansh Rathi, Ms. Shrinkhla Tiwari, Mr. Abhinandan Sharma, Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal and Ms. Yamika Khanna,

Advocates for R-2.

Mr. Ajoy Roy, Ms. Avlokita Rajni, Mr. Lakshya Khanna and Ms. Shradha

Sriram, Advocates for R-3.

Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Mr. Shaswat Kumar Pandey, Mr. Dhananjay Singh, Mr. Amit Sharma and Mr. Kumar

Kartikeya, Advocates for R-4/ONGC.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA

JUDGMENT

AMIT SHARMA, J.

1. The present petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950, has been filed seeking the following prayer