Supreme Court of India

Adani Gas Limited v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 13 S.C.R. 1146
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 28 September 2021

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the power vested in TRAI under Section 36(1) to mak e regulations is wide and pervasive.

Judgment, page 84

From the headnote

Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006 – ss. 2(d),11,16,17 and 61 – Petroleum and Natural Gas Re gulatory Board (Authorizing Entities to Lay, Build, Operate or Ex pand City or Local Natural Gas Distribution Networks) Regulatio ns, 2008 – Regulation 4 and 18 – Laying and maintaining a gas distr ibution network – Regulation of – PNGRB Act came into effect o n 1.10.2007 and mandated authorization by the Petroleum and Nat ural Gas Regulatory Board for the laying, building, operating o r expanding any city or local natural gas distribution network (“CGD act ivities” and “CGD

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