Supreme Court of India

Nabha Power Limited (npl) v. Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (pspcl) & Anr.

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Reported as [2017] 14 S.C.R. 301

Bench R.F. Nariman and Sanjay Kishan Kaul JJ.

Decided 5 October 2017

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From the headnote

Contract: Commercial contract - Interpretation of - Power Purchase Agreement - Energy Charge Formula - Procurement route wav 'fuel specific' having 'a pre-identified site' - The procurer-respondent arranged the fuel (coal) and specified the site location for the project c - Energy charges were designed to vary in accordance with the actual cost of coal and the actual quality of coal - Procurer was responsible for co~·t of coal and quality of coal i.e. Gross Calorific Value (GCV) of coal - It was clarified by the procurer that the 'coal' to be supplied for the project would be 'washed coal' -

Authorities it was built on

1968 Koteswar Vittal Kamath v. K. Rangappa Baliga & Co. cited by 14
2012 Satya Jain (d) Thr. Lrs. & Ors. v. Anis Ahmed Rushdie (d) Tr.lrs. & Ors. cited by 9
1961 M/s. Dhanrajamal Gobindram v. M/s. Shamji Kalidas and Co. cited by 5
1998 Life Insurance Corporation of India and Anr. v. Shrl Dharam Vir Anand cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2025 Nabha Power Limited v. Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and Others referred to
2024 Nabha Power Limited & Anr. v. Punjab State Power Coroporation Limited & Anr. referred to
2024 Opg Power Generation Private Limited v. Enexio Power Cooling Solutions India Private Limited & Anr. referred to
2023 M/s. Ifci Limited v. Sutanu Sinha & Ors. referred to
2023 Nabha Power Limited v. Punjab State Power Corporation Limited referred to
2023 M/s Tata Motors Ltd. v. The Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (spl) & Anr. referred to
2023 Haryana Power Purchase Centre v. Sasan Power Ltd. & Ors referred to
2023 Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited v. Adani Power Maharashtra Limited & Ors. referred to
2022 Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (exemptions) v. Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority referred to
2021 Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited v. Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission & Ors. referred to
2022 M/s Agmatel India Pvt. Ltd. v. M/s Resoursys Telecom & Ors. distinguished

Of those, 1 distinguished · 10 referred to

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