AS a result of the Supreme Court ruling that sovereign interest cannot be overridden by private agreements, Reliance Industries (RIL) gets to keep an estimated Rs 3,000 crore a year that might have gone to Anil Ambani and the 2.5 million shareholders of Reliance Natural Resources (RNRL).
The end of the five-year dispute translates into a market value of Rs 35 a share for RIL, which had revenues of $45 billion last year. But for RNRL, set up to mainly deal in gas, it has to begin afresh. Buy recommendations on RIL shares are just not ending while there is no analyst coverage for RNRL. Some 14,000 megawatt of power to be produced by Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Power with fuel from RIL is under peril. RIL shares rose 2.3%, while RNRL collapsed 22.8%. Reliance Power ended 9% down at Rs 140.1.