Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.101

COURT NO.14

SECTION XVII

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal No(s). 4906/2015

BSES RAJDHANI POWER LTD.

Appellant( $s$ )

VERSUS

DELHI ELECTRICITY REGULATORY, COMMISSION

Respondent $(s)$

([ GROUP MATTER ] [ RETAIN ITS POSITION ] [ PART HEARD BY : HON'BLE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA AND HON'BLE SANDEEP MEHTA, JJ. ]

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Date : 26-09-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA

	For Appellant(s)	Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.
		Mr. Ajay Vohra, Sr. Adv.
		Mr. Amit Kapur, Adv.
		Mr. Buddy A. Ranganadhan, Adv.
		Mr. Anupam Varma, Adv.
		Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
		Mr. Rahul Kinra, Adv.
		Mr. Aditya Gupta, Adv.
		Mr. Aditya Ajay, Adv.
		Ms. Isnain Muzamil, Adv.
		Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.
		Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv.
		Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv.
		Mr. Girdhar Gopal Khattar, Adv.
		Mr. Sanjay Nair, Adv.
		Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv.
		Mr. Shri Venkatesh, Adv.
		Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Srivastava, Adv.
		Mr. Bharath Gangadharan, Adv.
		Mr. Nihal Bhardwaj, Adv.

Mr. Kartikay Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Aashwyn Singh, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Singh, Adv. Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury, AOR Mr. Viresh B. Saharya, AOR Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dhananjay Baijal, AOR Mr. Naveen Hegde, Adv. Mr. Nitish Gupta, Adv. Ms. Nipun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Varnika Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Kumar, AOR Mr. Shrom Sethi, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Mohan, Adv. Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Dhananjay Kataria, Adv. Mrs. Mahima C Shroff, Adv. Mr. Anand Thumbayil, Adv. Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR Mr. Tamim Qadri, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Saaed Qadri, Adv. Mr. Shraveen Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Saahil Gupta, Adv. Mrs. Bhavna Kapur, Adv. Mr. Deepak Bhati, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR Mr. Naveen Hegde, Adv. Mr. Kshitij Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Neha Mathen, Adv. Mr. Abhyudaya Shishodia, Adv. Ms. Saumya Sinha, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, Sr. Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Hasan Murtaza, AOR Mr. Nitish Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Nipun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Varnika Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Nishtha Kumar, AOR Mr. Shrom Sethi, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Mohan, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Vivek Singh, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury, AOR Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR Mr. Tamim Qadri, Adv. Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Saeed Qadri, Adv. Mr. Saahil Gupta, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dhananjay Baijal, AOR Mr. Mukund P. Unny , AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajay Vohra, Adv. Mr. Amit Kapur, Adv. Mr. Buddy A. Ranganadhan, Adv. Mr. Anupam Varma, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Rahul Kinra, Adv. Mr. Aditya Gupta,, Adv. Mr. Aditya Ajay, Adv. Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Ms. Isnain Muzamil, Adv. Mr. Girdhar Gopal Khattar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Nair, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR Mr. Naveen Hegde, Adv. Mr. Kshitij Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Neha Mathen, Adv. Mr. Abhyudaya Shishodia, Adv. Ms. Saumya Sinha, Adv.

Mr. Arjun Krishnan, AOR Mr. Satyakam, AOR Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, AOR Mr. Vikram Singh Baid, Adv. Mr. Ajitesh Garg, Adv. Ms. Manali Singhal, Adv. Mr. Santosh Sachin, Adv. Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR Ms. Shreya Singhal, Adv. Mr. Deepak Singh Rawat, Adv. Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR Mr. K. M. Nataraj, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Shyam Gopal, Adv. Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

1. Heard Mr. Kapil Sibal, learned senior counsel and Mr. Amit Kapur, learned counsel for BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) as assisted by Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR. We also heard Dr. Singhvi, learned senior counsel and Mr. Venkatesh, learned counsel for Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) primarily on the issue of legality and propriety of continuation of Regulatory Assets beyond proportion.

2. We have heard Mr. R. Venkatramani, learned Attorney General, for the generating companies, Mr. K.M. Nataraj, learned ASG for the Union of India and Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, learned senior counsel for the Regulatory Commission.

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3. At the request of Mr. Siddhartha Dave and Mr. Shadan Farasat, learned senior counsels for Govt. of NCT of Delhi, we are adjourning the matter to 23.10.2024 to consider the submissions on behalf of the Govt. of NCT of Delhi.

4. We will commence hearing in C.A. No. 7910 of 2011 and batch of appeals on the next date of hearing as per the categories II and III given by Mr. Nikhil Nayyar.

5. W.P.(C) 104, 105 of 2014, 1005 of 2021, C.A. No. 4010 and 4013 of 2014 shall be treated as part heard.

(RAJNI MUKHI) (NIDHI WASON)

COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)