AZB & Partners has been caught up in the public feud between billionaire brothers, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Anil Ambani of Reliance Natural Resources. Justice R V Raveendran, a judge of the Supreme Court, stepped down from hearing the case between the two companies over a gas supply deal turned sour due to a conflict of interest – his daughter is associated with AZB, the Indian law firm which advises RIL on other matters.
The hearing had already run for six days by the time the conflict of interest was discovered and it will now have to start from scratch before a new bench. RIL stated that the news came as a surprise and that AZB should have informed it of the association.
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