2026 Supreme(Online)(Del) 15152

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

2026:DHC:5803

W.P.(C) 14738/2025, CM APPL. 60479/2025, CM APPL. 60480/2025, CM APPL. 77491/2025 & CM APPL. 18128/2026

VEDANTA LIMITED

(DIVISION: CAIRN OIL & GAS)

.....PETITIONER

Versus

1. UNION OF INDIA

THROUGH THE SECRETARY

MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS

2. DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF HYDROCARBONS

3. INVENIRE PETRODYNE LTD.

4. OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LTD.

.....RESPONDENTS

Through: Mr. Jayant K Mehta, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Mr. Anish Kapur, Ms. Nikhita K Suri, Ms. Suman Yadav, Mr. Gurudas Khurana & Mr. Raghav Dutt, Advs. for Petitioner.

Mr. R Venkatramani, AGI with Mr. Nakul Sachdeva, Mr. Shreyansh Rathi, Mr. Sagar Arora, Ms. Shrinkhla Tiwari, Mr. Abhinandan Sharma, Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Ms. Yamika Khanna & Mr. Karan Sharma, Advocates for R1 & R2.

Mr. Ashish K Dixit, CGSC with Mr. Umar Hashmi & Ms Iqra Shiekh, Advs. for UOI.

Mr. Ajoy Roy with Ms. Avlokita Rajvi, Mr. Lakshya Khanna & Mr. Bakhshind Singh, Advocates for R3.

Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Mr. Kumar Kartikeya, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. R V Prabhat, Mr. Shubham Sharma, Mr. Yash Wardhan Sharma, Mr. Naman, Mr Dhananjay Singh & Mr. Chanakya Kene, Advocates for R4/ONGC.

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV

Reserved on: 18.05.2026

Pronounced on: 22.07.2026