VEDANTA LIMITED vs THE NOMINATED AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF COAL GOVERNMENT OF INDIA & ORS.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment Reserved on: 23.02.2026 % Judgment Delivered on: 10.04.2026 + LPA 83/2026, CM Nos. 12280/2026, 12281/2026 & 12282/2026 M/S VEDANTA LIMITED .....Appellant Versus THE NOMINATED AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF COAL GOVERNMENT OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents AND + LPA 84/2026, CM Nos.12316/2026, 12317/2026 & 12318/2026 THE NOMINATED AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF COAL GOVERNMENT OF INDIA & ANR. .....Appellants Versus M/S VEDANTA LIMITED .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in these cases Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Senior Advocate with Mr. Naveen Kumar, Mr. Ujjawal Kumar Rai, Mr. Aditya Goyal, Mr. Sudhanshu Pathak, Mr. Bikram Dwivedi, Ms. Isha Baloni, Mr. Rishabh Chaudhary, Mr. Lakshay Singh & Ms. Pragya Prachi Pandey, Advocates for Vedanta Limited. Mr. Ankur Mittal, CGSC with Mr. Keshav Pawar, GP; Mr. Aviraj Pandey and Ms. Rabaica Jaiswal, Advocates for UoI. Signature Not Verified LPA 83/2026 & LPA 84/2026 Page 1 of 17 Signed By:NEELAM SHARMA Signing Date:10.04.2026 17:23:10 CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA JUDGMENT TEJAS KARIA, J 1. These Appeals have been filed challenging the orders dated 07.02.2026 and 09.02.2026 (“Impugned Orders”) passed in W.P.(C) No.1664/2026 (“Writ Petition”) tilted as “M/s Vedanta Ltd. v. The Nominated Authority, Ministry of Coal, Government of India & Ors.” whereby the Writ Petition challenging the orders dated 22.12.2025 and 02.01.2026 passed by the Special Tribunal, Talcher, Odisha in Special Tribunal Case No.31/2025 was disposed of by holding that the Appellant shall agitate its grievance before the jurisdictional High Court and granted status quo qua any precipitative action till the stay application is adjudicated by the Tribunal. 2. The Impugned Orders have been challenged by Vedant