Supreme Court of India

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. v. M/s. Jsw Steel Limited & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 9 S.C.R. 404
Bench M. R. Shah and Sanjiv Khanna JJ.
Decided 10 December 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, t he present appeals fail and deserve to be dismissed and are accordingly 415 dismissed.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Electricity Act, 2003 – ss.2(15), 42(4) – State Com mission held captive consumers-respondents herein liable to pay add itional surcharge – Appeals filed by the captive consumers – Allowed by Appellate Tribunal – On appeal by distribution lice nsee, held: Captive consumers incur huge expenditure/invest hug e amount for construction, maintainance or operation of a captiv e generating plant and dedicated transmission lines – Such captive c onsumers/ captive users who form a separate class other than the consumers defined u/s.2(15) are not liable to pay additional surcharge le viable u/s.42(4),

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