INDIA, Dec. 1 -- The Indian mining company Adani has agreed to end its prolonged legal action against environmental activist Ben Pennings.

Pennings declared victory on Thursday after the Queensland Supreme Court approved orders on Wednesday, bringing a five-and-a-half-year court battle to a close.

The orders prevent Pennings from seeking Adani's confidential information or asking others to do so. However, the company has dropped its demand for damages, which at one point amounted to $600 million.

The legal dispute began in 2020 when Adani unsuccessfully sought to conduct an unannounced search of Pennings's family home for evidence that he had obtained confidential information related to the Carmichael coalmine.

Court documents reveale...