NDLI: Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. Vs. M/s. Jsw Steel Limited & Ors.

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	State Commission Electricity Act
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Judgement
Jurisdiction	India
Act(s) Referred	Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003)
Case Type	Appeal
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Appeal Dismissed
Headnote	Electricity Act, 2003 – ss.2(15), 42(4) – State Commission held captive consumers-respondents herein liable to pay additional surcharge – Appeals filed by the captive consumers – Allowed by Appellate Tribunal – On appeal by distribution licensee, held: Captive consumers incur huge expenditure/invest huge amount for construction, maintainance or operation of a captive generating plant and dedicated transmission lines – Such captive consumers/ captive users who form a separate class other than the consumers defined u/s.2(15) are not liable to pay additional surcharge leviable u/s.42(4), as rightly held by the Appellate Tribunal.Electricity Act, 2003 – s.9 – Operation of – Discussed.Electricity Act, 2003 – Class of consumers under – Held: As per the scheme of the Act, there can be two classes of consumers- ordinary consumer and captive consumers.Electricity Act, 2003 – s.42(4) – Applicability of – Discussed.
Judge	Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.R. Shah
Neutral Citation	2021 INSC 866
Petitioner	Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd.
Respondent	M/s. Jsw Steel Limited & Ors.
SCR	[2021] 9 S.C.R. 404
Judgement Date	2021-12-10
Case Number	5074

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Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. Vs. M/s. Jsw Steel Limited & Ors.