The Ministry of Law and Justice has clarified that the Union Government did not describe the **E20** ethanol blending programme as an experiment before the **Supreme Court of India**. The clarification matters because the dispute sits at the intersection of **judicial process**, **energy policy**, and the supply of ethanol to Oil Marketing Companies for petrol blending.
What happened
The Office of the Attorney General for India said some media reports published on **30 June 2026** incorrectly reported the submissions made before the Supreme Court in proceedings arising from a Special Leave Petition filed by **Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)** in an ethanol-allocation matter.
According to the Union Government’s clarification, the Attorney General informed the Supreme Court that similar writ petitions on identical issues concerning allocation of ethanol to **Dedicated Ethanol Plants** are pending before different High Courts. The Attorney General also said transfer petitions are being filed so that common questions of interpretation of law arising from the same contractual framework can be decided together and parallel proceedings can be avoided.
The clarification said the Supreme Court viewed that the proposed transfer petitions should be filed and that status quo may be maintained for ethanol allocation in the present matter during the current **Ethanol Supply Year (2025-26)**.
Background and earlier position
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