Supreme Court of India

Union of India through General Manager Northern Railways v. Chairman, Up State Electricity Board & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 2 S.C.R. 416
Bench P. Sathasivam and H.L. Gokhale JJ.
Decided 9 February 2012

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RAILWAYS ACT, 1989: ss. 11 (a) and (g) - Construction of electric supply lines by Railways - Held: Provisions of Railways Act clearly authorize the Railways to construct necessary transmission lines, dedicated for their own purpose - NTPC, i.e. the 0 generating company, does have the necessary authority to enter into a power purchasing agreement u/s 43A of Electric (Supply) Act, 1948 - Thus, the action of Railways of constructing transmission lines and drawing power from thermal power plants of NTPC was perfectly legal - Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 - ss. 26A (1) and 43A - Electricity Act,

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