Supreme Court Appoints Justice Ranjana Desai as Mediator in Gas Migration Dispute

Key points

• Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai has been appointed as the sole mediator.
• The mediation follows failed attempts to settle the dispute.
• The Supreme Court's bench included Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi.
• The court requested assistance from two domain experts suggested by the parties.
• Attorney General R Venkataramani assured cooperation with the mediator.
• The mediation process will proceed after previous arbitration efforts were rejected.