Supreme Court of India

Bharat Hydro Power Corpn. Ltd. and Ors. v. State of Assam and Anr.

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Reported as [2004] 1 S.C.R. 284
Bench Ashok Bhan and S.B. Sinha JJ.
Decided 7 January 2004

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, we do not find any merit in these appeals and the same are dismissed.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Constitution of India-Articles 245, 246 & 254; Entry 56 of list I; Entry t"'i 17 of list II and Entries 38 & 42 of list Ill to the Seventh Schedule-Indian c Electricity Act, 1910-Sections 6, 7, & 7 -Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948- Sections 2(4A) 2(6), 26A-Bharat Hydro Power Corporation Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) Act, 1996-State Act meant to take over appellant's power pr<4ect-Writ petition by appellant contending that State Act is repugnant to the Central Acts-Validity of-Held, the State Act and the Central Acts operate in two different fields and hence not repugnant to

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