New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre and Reliance Industries Ltd to co-operate in the probe conducted by Delhi Government’s Anti Corruption Bureau in an FIR lodged against the company, Mukesh Ambani and a Union oil minister, alleging collusion among them in increasing gas prices on Tuesday.
A notice has been issued to the Delhi government and the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), which is probing the allegations in the FIR by Justice Manmohan. The court has asked to file their reply by August 1.
The court also directed the petroleum ministry and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to cooperate in the probe.
The notices were issued on a plea by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) requesting quashing of the FIR registered against it, Mukesh Ambani and petroleum minister M. Veerappa Moily on the orders of then chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal.
The court also asked for the file of Delhi government, which had forwarded the complaint, received against RIL and the Centre to the ACB to lodge an FIR in the matter.
The Delhi government told the court that no such direction was issued by Mr Kejriwal. It also assured the court that on the next hearing the relevant file would be placed before it.
The court also issued notice to the Centre and RIL on an impleadment application moved through advocate Prashant Bhushan by the complainants in the FIR and posted it for August 1.
Meanwhile, Justice Manmohan took strong objection to Delhi government’s submission and said, “I take strong objection to the submission that writ petitions were listed here. Matters are listed here by the registry. You are playing to the gallery. Please understand, polls are over. I will not tolerate it. I take strong umbrage. I can summon the LG for putting this (submission) on affidavit. The majesty of the court has to be upheld. You can say government is fixing matters.”
