Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran, on Wednesday asserted in the Supreme Court that any arrangement between the Ambani brothers for the supply of gas from the K G Basin has to be approved by it in national interest.

"The MoU between the Ambani brothers cannot override public policy on gas supply and utilization," Parasaran told the Supreme Court. Supplementing his arguments, Additional Solicitor General Vivek Tankha added, "The MoU is a family arrangement while the Production Sharing Agreement is an arrangement for the country". "We are concerned with the protection of natural resources which is not limited to this case but for all times to come. People's right has to be protected," he argued.

The Bench however, remained unimpressed with the submissions and had Tankha yielding to their observation that his submissions were not a part of the record in the Bombay High Court.

Meanwhile, a disgruntled Harish Salve, updated his status message on popular social networking site, Twitter to, "Cant believe that judges of the supreme court have the kind of patience it takes to hear the Gas case the way it is being heard."