sole authority: The Supreme Court (SC) of India has ruled that only the Union government can enforce laws on mineral oil resources, which include natural gas (NG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG). It decreed that states couldn't regulate the supply of gas through pipelines laid on their territory. The SC gave its opinion on a presidential reference under Article 143 (1) of the Constitution.
Asserting the Centre's exclusive legislative competence over this issue, a constitution bench consisting of Justice S Rajender Babu, Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justice P V Reddi, Justice B N Srikrishna and Justice G P Mathur nullified a Gujarat legislation, calling it
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/court-8
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lpg
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-gas
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legislation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
