Supreme Court of India

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited v. Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Company

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Reported as [2025] 5 S.C.R. 2062
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 15 May 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid exposition of law, we find that this Court’s observations in Whirlpool (supra) are of no avail to the respondent no. 1 as the present matter falls in none of the cases enumerated therein.

Judgment, page 43

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration (i) Whether the CERC, while exercising its functions u/s.79(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003, is circumscribed by statutory regulations enacted u/s.178 of the Act, 2003; (ii) Whether the CERC exercises regulatory or adjudicatory functions u/s.79 of the Act, 2003. In other words, what is the scope of the CERC’s power to regulate inter-state transmission of electricity and determine tariff for the same under clauses (c) and (d) of s.79(1); (iii) Whether the grant of compensation by the CERC for the delay vide the orders dated 21.01.2020 and 27.01.2020 respectively, is a

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