Delhi HC turns down Vedanta plea to export excess crude from Barmer

In 2016, the court had rejected Cairn's plea stating that the company would get the right to seek permission to export its share of excess crude from Barmer only after the country was self-sufficient

A division Bench of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the single-judge order rejecting Vedanta Cairn’s plea to export excess crude oil from its Barmer oil field in Rajasthan.

In 2016, a Bench had rejected Cairn’s plea stating the company would get the right to seek permission only after the country was self-sufficient. As the government had not declared itself to be self-sufficient, the firm could only claim compensation from the government under the dispute-resolution mechanism, the court had then said.

According to the production sharing contract (PSC) between Cairn India, and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the former could