JHARKHAND STATE ELECT. BOARD & ORS.versusM/S. LAXMI BUSINESS & CEMENT CO.P. LTD. & ANR.
2014 INSC 15628 February 2014Dismissed
The Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) appealed against a High Court order directing it to refund excess amounts charged to two high‑tension consumers under a 1994 agreement. The consumers had paid the bills under protest, arguing that after the Electricity Act, 2003, tariff power shifted exclusively to the State…
M/S. SHREE SIDHBALI STEELS LTD. AND ORS.versusSTATE OF U.P. AND ORS.
2011 INSC 5820 January 2011Dismissed
The petitioners, industrial units in the hill areas of Uttar Pradesh, claimed a 33.33% Hill Development Rebate on electricity charges granted under a 1996 notification issued pursuant to Section 49 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948. Subsequent notifications reduced the rebate to 17% and finally withdrew it entirely…
WARYAM STEEL CASTINGS PVT. LTD.versusPUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LTD. AND ANR.
2017 INSC 48519 June 2017Dismissed
The appellants, arc‑furnace industries established before June 1995, were required to shift their power supply from 11 kV to 66 kV or pay a surcharge of 17.5% under a 1995 circular. A 1999 circular exempted pre‑1995 units from both conversion and surcharge. After the Electricity Act, 2003 came into force, the Punjab St…
BINANI ZINC LIMITEDversusKERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD AND OTHERS
2009 INSC 36719 March 2009Reference answered
Binani Zinc Ltd. challenged the Kerala State Electricity Board’s (KSEB) 2002 tariff revision order, arguing that after the Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998 came into force, the Board no longer had authority to set tariffs until a State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) was constituted. The Supreme Co…
POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIAversusTAMIL NADU GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION CO. LTD. & ORS. ETC. ETC
2019 INSC 6549 May 2019Dismissed
Power Grid Corporation of India appealed against the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity’s order directing that the Foreign Exchange Rate Variation (FERV) be apportioned only to debt liability. The appellant argued that once FERV is added to capital cost it should be split between debt and equity in a 50:50 ratio, a pra…
TRANSMISSION CORPN. OF A.P. LTD. & ANR.versusSAI RENEWABLE POWER PVT. LTD. & ORS.
2010 INSC 3918 July 2010Disposed off
The Supreme Court examined a dispute between the Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation and several non‑conventional energy developers over the purchase price of electricity and the restriction on third‑party sales imposed by the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC). The developers had entered into…
PTC INDIA LTD.versusCENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION THR. ITS SECRETARY
2009 INSC 3296 March 2009Matter referred to larger bench
The Supreme Court examined appeals challenging the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity's declaration that it lacked jurisdiction to review the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Fixation of Trading Margin) Regulations, 2006. The Tribunal relied on West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission v. CESC Ltd., which…
POWERGRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITEDversusCENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION & ORS.
2025 INSC 6264 May 2025Dismissed
Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd., a central transmission utility, suffered failure of three inter‑connecting transformers (ICTs) in its Rihand I system in 2006 and temporarily replaced them with transformers from its Rihand II system. Powergrid sought de‑capitalisation of the removed ICTs and additional capitalisati…
HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION AND ANOTHERversusHIMACHAL PRADESH STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD
2013 INSC 6703 October 2013Disposed off
The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission fixed electricity tariffs in 2001 and issued several directions to the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board. The Board did not fully comply and the Commission imposed a Rs 5,000 penalty. The Board appealed to the High Court under Section 27 of the Electri…
U.P. POWER CORPORATION LTD.versusNATIONAL THERMAL POWER CORPORATION LTD. AND ORS.
2009 INSC 2923 March 2009Appeal(s) allowed
The dispute concerned whether the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) could have the arrears of salary revision for its employees, payable with retrospective effect from 1997, included in the tariff for its Korba and Dadri power stations for the years 1997-2000. NTPC filed tariff applications in 2001, later amend…
TATA POWER COMPANY LTD.versusADANI ELECTRICITY MUMBAI LTD. & ORS.
2019 INSC 6162 May 2019Dismissed
Tata Power Company Ltd (TPC), a city‑wide distribution licensee, supplied standby power to BSES/Reliance Energy Ltd (later Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd) which served Mumbai suburbs. TPC paid Rs.24.75 crore per month as standby charges to Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) and recovered this amount, plus an addi…