Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd vs. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

J,1 ITEM NO.11 COURT NO.6 SECTION XVII S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Civil Appeal No(s). 5399-5400/2016 ENERGY WATCHDOG Appellant(s) VERSUS CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION AND ORS. ETC. Respondent(s) (With appln. (s) for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and permission to place Addl. documents on record and stay and office report) (for final disposal) WITH C.A. No. 5347/2016 (With appln.(s) for directions and exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and permission to file additional documents and Office Report) C.A. No. 5348/2016 (With appln.(s) for directions and permission to file additional documents and Office Report) C.A. No. 5364/2016 (With Office Report) C.A. No. 5346/2016 (With appln.(s) for directions and exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and permission to file additional documents and Office Report) C.A. Nos. 5351-5352/2016 (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and ex-parte stay and Office Report) C.A. No. 5415/2016 (With appln.(s) for stay and Office Report) C.A. Nos. 9643-9644/2016 (With Office Report) C.A. Nos. 9635-9642/2016 (With Office Report) C.A. No. 9035/2014 (With appln. (s) for directions and intervention and office report) 2 T.P.(C) No. 393/2017 (With office report) T.P.(C) Nos. 406-408/2017 (With office report) T.P.(C) Nos. 388-392/2017 (With office report) Date : 30/03/2017 These appeals and petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN Counsel for parties : Mr. H.N. Salve, Sr. Adv. Dr. A.M. Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vikram Nankani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Kirpal, Adv. Mr. Nakul Diwan, Adv. Ms. Neeha Nagpal, Adv. Ms. Poonam Verma, Adv. Ms. A. Zaidi, Adv. Ms. Aanchal Basul, Adv. Ms. Malay Deliwala, Adv. Mr. Aviskar Singhvi, Adv. Mr. Aditya Shankar, Adv. Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. M.G. Ramachandran, Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Ranjitha Ramachandran, Adv. Ms. Poorva Saigal, Adv. Ms. Anushree Bardhan, Adv. Mr. Shubham Arya, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, AOR

Mr. N. Sai Vinod, Adv.
Ms. Smriti Shah, Adv.
Mr. Divyanshu Rai, Adv.
Mr. Anand Ganesan, Adv.
 Mr. Nikunj Dayal, AOR
Mr. Pramod Dayal, Adv.
Ms. Payal Dayal, Adv.
Ms. Swapna Seshadri, Adv.
Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, Attorney General
Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Solicitor General
Mr. P.S. Narsimha, ASG
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Mr. Sanjai Kr. Pathak, Adv.
Mr. R. Parameswaran, Adv.
Dr. Nilesh Sharma, Adv.
Mr. G.S. Makker, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
Mr. G. Umapathy, Adv.
Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR
Mr. Aditya Singh, Adv.
Mr. M.A. Venkata Subramanian, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR 
Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv.
Mr. Kapil Sibal , Sr. Adv.
Mr. C.S. Vaidyanathan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Amit Kapur, Adv.
Ms. Apoorva Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Kaul, Adv.
Mr. V. Mukherjee, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Venkat, Adv.
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR
Mr. Abhishek Munot, Adv.
Mr. Uday Manaktala, Adv.
Ms. Raveena Dhamija, Adv.
Mr. Amit Sibal, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Gehrana, Adv.
Mr. Anupam Prakash, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Trivedi, Adv.
Mrs. Manik Karanjawala, Adv.
 For M/s. Karanjawala & Co.
Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
Mr. Udit Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Anup Jain, Adv.
Mr. K. Parameshwar, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Baid, Adv.
Mr. Sumit Kumar, AOR
Mr. Rajiv Srivastava, Adv.
Ms. Garima Srivastava, Adv.
Ms. Gargi Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AOR
Mr. Dhan Raj, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv.
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 Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta, AOR
Elangbam Premjit Singh, Adv.
Ms. Himanshi Andley, Adv.
Ms. Udita Singh, AOR
Mr. Rahul Dhawan, Adv.
Mr. Abhijeet Rastogi, Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR
Mr. Alok Shankar, Adv.
Mr. Vikas Upadhyay, AOR
Mr. Anup Jain, AOR
 Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR

Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Sethi, AOR Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR Mr. Tushar Bakshi, AOR Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mrs. D. Bharathi Reddy, Adv. Ms. Vidyottama, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R We have heard Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, learned Attorney General, Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned ASG, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Mr. C.S. Vaidyanathan learned Senior Counsel and Mr. M.G. Ramachandran, Mr. Prashant Bhushan, learned Counsel appearing for the parties at considerable length. Hearing concluded. Judgment reserved. Liberty is granted to learned counsel appearing for the parties to file written submissions within a period of one week from today. 5 C.A. Nos. 9643-9644/2016, T.P.(C) No. 393/2017, T.P.(C) Nos. 406-408/2017 and T.P.(C) Nos. 388-392/2017 : Let these matters be de-tagged. (R. NATARAJAN) (SNEH LATA SHARMA) Court Master Court Master Books cited :- The Electricity Act, 2003 The Indian Contract Act, 1872 (2016) 7 SCC 703 (paras 41 & 55) (2009) 16 SCC 659 (paras 76,77 & 108) (2010) 4 SCC 603 (Paras 19, 55, 65 & 66) AIR 1965 SC 669 (Paras 17 & 18) [1967] 2 SCR 476 (Paras 10 & 11) (2004) 3 SCC 214 (Paras 35, 36 & 37) (2003) 9 SCC 606 (Paras 9 to 12)