In what can only be dubbed as an insensitive and highly unconscionable act, the GAIL brass has challenged the imposition of a meager Rs 20 lakh fine for gross negligence that resulted in the explosion in the company's KG Basin gas pipeline network that killed 22 people in their sleep.
8The plea that was taken by GAIL is that its appeal before the PNGRB before the fine was levied was not fully head by the Board.
8The GAIL counsel also argued that the regulator failed to take into account the huge volume of investment made by the company after the blast took place.
8The counsel for GAIL provided elaborate arguments to the effect that the PNGRB should not have imposed a fine as the order is a result of a quasi-criminal proceedings in which a penalty was not to be imposed unless the petitioner either acted deliberately in defiance of law or was guilty of dishonest conduct or acted in conscious disregard of its obligation.
8The gas major said that it was unfair on the part of the PNGRB to impose a Rs 20 lakh fine and then top it up with a per day levy of Rs one lakh if the fine was not paid up on time.
8Natural justice was not done as required under Article 14 of the Constitution as the hearing the other side was not properly done before a judgement is passed, the company had argued.
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8The plea that was taken by GAIL is that its appeal before the PNGRB before the fine was levied was not fully head by the Board.
8The GAIL counsel also argued that the regulator failed to take into account the huge volume of investment made by the company after the blast took place.
8The counsel for GAIL provided elaborate arguments to the effect that the PNGRB should not have imposed a fine as the order is a result of a quasi-criminal proceedings in which a penalty was not to be imposed unless the petitioner either acted deliberately in defiance of law or was guilty of dishonest conduct or acted in conscious disregard of its obligation.
8The gas major said that it was unfair on the part of the PNGRB to impose a Rs 20 lakh fine and then top it up with a per day levy of Rs one lakh if the fine was not paid up on time.
8Natural justice was not done as required under Article 14 of the Constitution as the hearing the other side was not properly done before a judgement is passed, the company had argued.
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