Ultratech Cement Ltd vs. Rajasthan Electricity Reg. Commission

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ITEM NO.9 COURT NO.11 SECTION XV S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 34063/2012 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 31/08/2012 in DBCWP No. 10911/2012 passed by the High Court of Rajasthan At Jaipur) HINDUSTAN ZINC LTD Petitioner(s) VERSUS RAJASTHAN ELECTRICITY REG.COMMISSION Respondent(s) (with appln. (s) for impleadment and intervention) WITH SLP(C) No. 35393-35395/2012 (With Interim Relief and Office Report) SLP(C) No. 35398-35399/2012 (With appln.(s) for permission to file application for direction and Office Report) SLP(C) No. 39958-39959/2012 (With Interim Relief) SLP(C) No. 39969/2012 (With Interim Relief and Office Report) SLP(C) No. 39976/2012 (With Interim Relief and Office Report) SLP(C) No. 39999-40000/2012 (With Interim Relief and Office Report) SLP(C) No. 375/2013 (With Interim Relief and Office Report) SLP(C) No. 493-494/2013 (With Interim Relief and Office Report) Signature Not Verified SLP(C) No. 12319-12320/2013 Digitally signed by (With Office Report) Vinod Kumar Date: 2015.02.11 17:56:59 IST Reason: SLP(C) No. 24306/2013 (With Interim Relief and Office Report) 2 Date : 11/02/2015 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. GOPALA GOWDA HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr.Adv.

Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Prateek Kumar, Adv. Ms. Divya Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Shikhar Srivastava, Adv. In SLP(C)No.39958-59 Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Adv. Of 2012 Ms. Vanita Bhargava, Adv. Mr. Nitin Mishra, Adv. For M/s. Khaitan & Co. In SLP(C) Nos.35393- Mr. S. Ganesh, Sr.Adv. 35395/2012 & 39999- Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. 40000/2012 Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala,Adv. In SLP(C)No.35398-99 Mr. S. Venkatesh, Adv. Of 2012 Mr. Anuj P. Agarwala, Adv. Mr. Mohit D. Ram,Adv. In SLP(C)No.39969/12 Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr.Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, Adv. Mr. Annirudh Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shreya Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube,Adv. In SLP(C)No. 375/13 Mr. U.A. Rana, Adv. Mrs. Mrinal Alkar Majumdar, Adv. For M/s Gagrat & Co. In SLP(C)Nos.493-494 Mr. P.N. Bhandari, Adv. Of 2013 Ms. Indu Sharma,Adv. Mr. Shibashish Misra,Adv. In SLP(C)No.24306/13 Mr. M. Rambabu, Adv. Mr. N.Eshwara Rao, Adv. Ms. Tatini Basu,Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Praveen Kumar,Adv. 3 For Rajasthan Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta,Adv. Electricity Reg. Mr. Elangbam Premjit Singh, Adv. Commission Mr. Abhishek Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Vishal Gupta,Adv. For R-4 Mr. S.B. Upadhyay, Sr.Adv. Mr. Hemant Singh, Adv. Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay,Adv. For State of Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, AAG Rajasthan Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv. Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. In I.A.No.1 Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Sr.Adv. (for impleadment) Mr. Kumar Mihir, Adv. Mr. Udai Rathore, Adv. Mr. Vishal Gupta, Adv. For Intervenor in Mr. Dhruv Agarwal,Sr.Adv. I.A. No.2 Mr. Praveen Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kumar Rajesh Singh, Adv. Ms. Sunaina Kumar, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

Heard Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta, learned counsel for the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission, Mr. S.B. Upadhyay, learned senior counsel for Respondent no. 4, the Indian Wind Energy Association in SLP(C) No.39969/2012, Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, learned senior counsel on I.A. No.1, application for impleadment, Mr. S.Ganesh, learned senior counsel for petitioner-Ultratech Cement Ltd. In SLP(C) Nos.35393-35395/2012 and SLP(C) Nos.39999-40000/2012, Mr. P.N. Bhandari, learned counsel for petitioner- Lucid Coloids Ltd. In SLP(C) Nos.493-494/2013, Mr. Jayant Bhushan, learned senior counsel for petitioner 4

in SLP(C) No.34063/2012 and Ms. Meenakshi Arora for petitioner in SLP(C) No.39969/2012.

Learned counsel for the parteis are at liberty to file their written submission/reply, if any, within a week from today.

Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, learned Additional Advocate General for the State of Rajasthan adopts the submissions made by Mr. Raj Kr. Mehta, learned counsel for the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Arguments concluded.

Judgment reserved.

(VINOD KR.JHA) (MALA KUMARI SHARMA) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER

Citation/Act: (2006) 5 SCC 361 (2003) 7 SCC 1 (2014) 8 SCC 444 The Electricity Act, 2003