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Jharkhand State Elect. Board & Ors. v. M/s. Laxmi Business & Cement Co.p. Ltd. & Anr.

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Reported as [2014] 3 S.C.R. 453
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikri JJ.
Decided 28 February 2014
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In view of the above, we are of the opinion that even A the argument based on Section 185 of the Electricity Act, 2003 would not bring any change to the results of this case.

Judgment, page 29

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ELECTRIC/TY LAWS: Power of Tariff Fixation - Held: Transferred exclusively to c SERC and State Electricity Board is completely denuded of this power - Before coming of Electricity Act, 2003, Electricity Act, 1910 and thereafter Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 were in force - It was the Electricity Board in the respective States which were supplying electricity to the consumers and determining the operation rates at which the electricity was to be supplied - After the enactment of Electricity Act, 2003, power to frame tariff is given to the SERC - 2003 Act has distanced the Government from all

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