A Supreme Court judge today recused himself from hearing a plea against the Centre and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on governments decision to raise price of natural gas. Not before me, said Justice HL Dattu as a PIL,filed by civil society members including former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian and ex-Naval chief Admiral L Ramdas,came up for hearing before a bench led by him. Alleging collusion between RIL and the political establishment,the PIL has sought an inquiry on why the Centre did not take any action against the company for its misconduct.
