Union Oil Ministry, in a reply to PMO, said that it never wished to interfere in the ongoing tussle between Ambani brothers, fighting over gas pricing and supply issue from KG basin in AP. The ministry maintained that it has never shown any favor towards Mukesh Ambani in the corporate battle in the Supreme Court as alleged by Anil Ambani few days back.

The ministry apprised PMO that government's policy is above family Memorandum of Understanding and it had intervened in the case only to protect sovereign right on gas and the government's gas utilization policy.

Oil ministry had filed a special leave petition on the advice of legal experts to save the interests of government. The Bombay High Court's interim order over the issue too endorsed the government's rights on gas and utilization.

It should be recalled that Anil Ambani, on July 15, alleged oil ministry for bias against his company and sought PM's intervention in the matter adding that PM must restrict oil ministry to "cease from overtly and covertly attempting to intervene in our commercial dispute with RIL".