Supreme Court of India

Punjab State Electriclty Board v. National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. and Ors.

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 7
Bench M.B. Shah and R.P. Sethi JJ.
Decided 10 October 2001

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeals are allowed, the impugned order passed by the High Court is set aside.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998 : Section 16 . . Electricity Tariff-Hydro-generation and inter-State transmission­ Fix(ltion of norms for-By Central Electricity Regulatory Commission_;.High Court, by its interim order, virtually stayed such fixation ofnorms-Correctness · of-Held: When appellate jurisdiction is conferred, the jurisdiction of appellate authority is of the wildest amplitude-In proper cases, interim relief may be granted-However, in the exercise of administrative or advisory jurisdiction question of grant of interim stay may not arise-Interim stay may not be granted

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