Supreme Court of India

Ramayana Ispat Pvt. Ltd. and Anr. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 4 S.C.R. 436
Bench Vikram Nath and Prasanna B. Varale JJ.
Decided 31 March 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the contentions raised by the appellants, both inter-state as well as intra-state captive generators, cannot be agreed with in light of the objectives of the Act of 2003 which the Regulations of 2016 seek to achieve.

Judgment, page 43

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration i) Whether the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has the jurisdiction to regulate inter-state open access under the Electricity Act, 2003; ii) Whether the imposition of penalties for variations in drawal from contracted demand amounts to an unreasonable restriction on the right to open access under Section 42 of the Act of 2003; iii) Whether Regulation 26(7) of Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Open Access) Regulations, 2016 is ultra vires for requiring an advance notice of 24 hours a day prior, thereby preventing

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