‘PNG Regulatory Board may tear down statutorily constructed bubble of exclusivity’; Delhi High Court balances rights of consumers and PNG ‘authorised entities’
The Delhi High Court was of the view that the “regard had to be given to the fact that the said provision was not a penal provision or one which is designed to punish an Authorised Entity for having failed to achieve set out targets. It was fundamentally focussed upon the needs of a particular consumer who complains that the Authorised Entity in the particular Geographical Area was not ready to supply natural gas.”