Supreme Court of India

All India Power Engineer Federation & Ors. v. Sasan Power Ltd. & Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [2016] 9 S.C.R. 901

Bench Kurian Joseph and R.F. Nariman JJ.

Decided 8 December 2016

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From the headnote

ELECTRICITY ACT, 2003: ss. 61 to 63 - Commercial Operation Date (COD) - Determination of- Procurement of power from generating companies - Sasan Power Ltd. was incorporated as a special purpose vehicle by Power Finance corporation the nodal agency for procuring power - Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) dated 7.8.2007 executed between Sasan Power Ltd. and procurers of generation and sale of electricity - Article 6 r/w Schedule 5 provided for preconditions to be satisfied for declaration of 'COD' namely readiness to commence commercial operations - This happens only when the pe1formance test by

Authorities it was built on

1974 P. Dasa Muni Reddy v. P. Appa Rao cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

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2022 Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited v. Jsw Energy Limited (earlier Known as Jindal Thermal Power Company Limited & Jindal Tractabel Power Company Limited) & Ors. referred to
2022 M. P. Power Management Company Limited, Jabalpur v. M/s. Sky Power Southeast Solar India Private Limited & Others referred to
2021 Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited v. Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission & Ors. referred to
2021 Psa Sical Terminals Pvt. Ltd. v. The Board of Trustees of V.O. Chidambranar Port Trust Tuticorin and Others referred to
2019 Bharat Broadband Network Limited v. United Telecoms Limited not applicable
2019 Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd [uhbvnl]. & Anr v. Adani Power Ltd. & Ors. not applicable

Of those, 1 relied on · 5 referred to · 2 not applicable

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