Supreme Court of India

Haryana Power Purchase Centre v. Sasan Power Ltd. & Ors

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Reported as [2023] 8 S.C.R. 1
Bench K. M. Joseph and B. V . Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 6 April 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the first respondent has not been able to demonst rate that there was a change in law as contemplated in Article 13.1.1 by issuance of the OM dated 17.06.2011.

Judgment, page 82

From the headnote

Electricity Laws – Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (AP TEL) and Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC ), if empowered to disregard the express words of a contract and create a new bargain – Held: In a case where the matter is go verned by express terms of the contract, it may not be open t o the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission even donning the garb of a regulatory body to go beyond the express terms of th e contract – While it may be open for a regulation to extricate a party from its contractual obligations, in the course of its adjudicat ory power it may not be open

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