Supreme Court of India

Delhi Cloth & General Mills Company Ltd. & Anr. v. Rajasthan State Electricity Board & Anr.

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Reported as [1986] 1 S.C.R. 633
Bench A.P. Sen and D.P. Madon JJ.
Decided 12 March 1986

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Electricity Supply Act, 1948 - SS. 49A and 49B (as introduced by Electricity (supply) (Rajasthan Amendment) Act, 1976) - Scope of - Electricity Board - Power of - To frame uniform tariffs unilaterally - Raise demands for payment of difference between uniform tariffs plus surcharge and agreed tariffs with retrospective effect - Whether permissible - Whether s.49 of the Act is violative of Arts. 14, 19(l)(f) & (g) and 31 (2) of the Constitution - Whether doctrine of Promissory estoppel attracted. Words and Phrases - 'Escalation clause', 'Review', and 'Surcharge' - Meaning of. By an agreement

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