Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Power of Tariff Fixation ELECTRICITY LAWS |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | ELECTRICITY LAWS: Power of Tariff Fixation - Held: Transferred exclusively to SERC and State Electricity Board is completely denuded of this power - Before coming of Electricity Act, 2003, Electricity Act, 1910 and thereafter Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 were in force - It was the Electricity Board in the respective States which were supplying electricity to the consumers and determining the operation rates at which the electricity was to be supplied - After the enactment of Electricity Act, 2003, power to frame tariff is given to the SERC - 2003 Act has distanced the Government from all forms of regulations, including tariff regulation which is now specifically assigned to SERC - Thus, the State Electricity Boards have no power whatsoever to frame tariff which is under the exclusive domain of the SERC - Electricity Act, 2003 - Electricity Act, 1910 - Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948. Fixation of tariff by SERC - Issue of demand charge from HT consumers - Held: The 1994 HT Agreement was not saved under Electricity Act, 2003 and the tariff structure - Issue of demand charge from HT consumers was considered and given effect to in the Tariff Order dated 27. 12. 2003 which came into effect on 1.1.2004. Delay/Laches: Delay in filing the writ petitions - Bills raised by the JSEB on the basis of Clause 4(c) of the 1994 HT Agreement, even after the formulation of 2004 Tariff Schedule - Payment made under threat of disconnection - Writ petition - Direction by High Court to appellant to refund the excess amount charged under the bills raised for earlier period - Challenged on the ground that there was delay in filing of writ petition by consumers - Held: Delay was duly explained - The consumers had paid the amount of bills raised by JSEB under protest because of the threat of disconnection - While doing so, they had raised specific plea with the JSEB that it was now supposed to raise the bills in accordance with the 2004 Tariff Schedule - The matter remained under consideration at the level of JSEB which kept approaching the Court as well as SERC seeking clarification of 2004 Tariff Schedule. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri |
Neutral Citation | 2014 INSC 156 |
Petitioner | Jharkhand State Elect.board & Ors. |
Respondent | M/s. Laxmi Business & Cement Co.p. Ltd. & Anr. |
SCR | [2014] 3 S.C.R. 453 |
Judgement Date | 2014-02-28 |
Case Number | 2909 |
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