The Nominated Authority, Ministry Of Coal, Government Of India & ANR. v. M/S Vedanta Limited

$~20 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + LPA 742/2025, CM APPL. 76911/2025, CM APPL. 76912/2025 & CM APPL. 76913/2025 THE NOMINATED AUTHORITY, MINISTRY OF COAL, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA & ANR.

.....Appellants Through:

Mr. Ankur Mittal, CGSC with Mr.

Aviraj Pandey, Ms. Rabaica Jaiswal, Ms. Sachan Garg and Mr. S.M. Jutirani, Advocates for UOI.

versus M/S VEDANTA LIMITED .....Respondent Through:

Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Senior Advocate with Mr. Naveen Kumar, Mr. Prabhat Kr Rai, Mr. Ujjawal Kr. Rai, Mr.

Sudhanshu Pathak, Mr.

Bikram Dwivedi, Mr. Jumit Mohopatra, Mr.

Aditya Goyal, Ms. Isha Baloni, Mr.

Lakshay Singh and Mr. Gursimar Preet Singh, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA

O R D E R

% 05.12.2025 1.

Heard the learned counsel for the parties.

2.

Learned counsel for the appellants restricts his prayer for issuing a direction to the Tribunal created under Section 27 of Coal Mines (Special Provision) Act, 2015 for disposal of the dispute which may be raised by the respondent with expedition.

3.

Section 27(3) of the said Act, itself mandates the Tribunal to make an award in writing within a period of 90 days from the institution or reference of the dispute.

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4.

Accordingly, we do not see any reason why the Tribunal will not abide by the said mandate as contained in Section 27(3) of the said Act. 5.

The appeal stands disposed of in the aforesaid terms. DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, CJ TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J DECEMBER 5, 2025 yrj The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/12/2025 at 12:48:21