Supreme Court of India
The State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. v. Jsw Hydro Energy Limited & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that CERC Regulations, 2019 do not prohibit respondent no. 1 from supplying free power beyond [2025] 7 S.C.R. 1143 The State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. v.
Judgment, page 39
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration The primary issues arising for consideration are: first, whether the CERC Regulations, 2019 bar respondent no. 1 from supplying free power to the appellant-State beyond 13%; and second, whether respondent no. 1 could have invoked the High Court’s writ jurisdiction for aligning the Implementation Agreement with the CERC Regulations, 2019. Headnotes† Electricity Act, 2003 – CERC (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2019 – Regulations 44 and 55 – Note 3 of Regulation 55 – Respondent no.1, a generating company, installed and commissioned a hydroelectric power
Authorities it was built on
- 2010 Ptc India Ltd. v. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission through Secretary
- 1995 Chameli Singh v. The State of U.P.
- 2009 Tata Power Company Ltd. v. Reliance Energy Limited and Others
- 2023 K. C. Ninan v. Kerala State Electricity Board & Ors.
- 2019 Reliance Infrastructure Limited v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- 2002 Cellular Operators Association of India and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2003 Bses Ltd. v. M/s. Tata Power Co. Ltd. and Ors.
- 2009 U.P. Power Corporation Ltd. v. National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. and Ors.
- 2014 M/s Sesa Sterlite Ltd. v. Orissa Electricity Regulatory Comm. & Ors.
- 2024 Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Ors. v. Mb Power (madhya Pradesh) Limited & Ors.
- 2003 Ganga Retreat and Towers Ltd. and Anr. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.
- 2021 M/s. Indsil Hydro Power and Manganese Limited v. State of Kerala and Others
- 2023 Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited v. Adani Power Maharashtra Limited and Others
- 2019 Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited v. M/s Rain Calcining Limited & Others
Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Southern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited v. Green Infra Wind Solutions Limited
Of those, 1 mentioned
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