GAIL’s challenge to rules dismissed

The Delhi High Court last week dismissed the petition of Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) challenging a set of regulations dealing with tariff, distribution networks and laying of pipelines passed under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act. In this writ petition, GAIL vs Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, the public sector undertaking pleaded that 12 tariff orders issued by the board fixing tariff for gas pipelines should be held illegal as the board has no power to do so. The high court rejected the contention.