New Delhi, April 22 -- A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging rampant black marketing of LPG cylinders at prices as high as Rs 5,000 in Delhi came up before the Delhi High Court on April 22, 2026.

However, the Court declined to entertain the plea, directing the petitioner to raise his concerns with the government instead.

The petition, filed by Advocate Rakesh Kumar Mittal, claimed that despite the actual price of an LPG cylinder being around Rs.1,000, they were being sold illegally at much higher rates due to an acute shortage.

He also alleged that the government was allowing the export of gas even as the domestic supply remained strained.

Mittal further pointed out that even the Delhi High Court canteen had faced a gas shortage...