Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shri Venkatesh, Adv. Ms. Kanika Chugh, Adv. Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR Mr. Suhael Buttan, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Joshi, Adv. Mr. Vineet Kumar, Adv. Mr. Anant Singh, Adv. Ms. Shivani Luthra Lohiya, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Hemant Singh, Adv. Ms. Deepa Chawan, Adv. Mr. Arshit Anand, Adv. Ms. Geetika Sharma, Adv. Mr. Harshit Singh, Adv. Mr. Mridul Chakravarty, Adv. Mr. Biju Mattam, Adv. Mr. Lakshyajit Singh Bagdwal, Adv. Ms. Lavanya Panwar, Adv. Ms. Reshma Nathani, Adv. Ms. Deepeika Kalia, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kayla, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Ms. Amita Singh Kalkal, AOR Mr. Sudhanshu S. Choudhari, AOR Mr. Mahesh P. Shinde, Adv. Ms. Rucha A. Pande, Adv. Ms. Veeraragavan M., Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Ms. Kirti Dadheech, Adv.

	Glossary of Terms
Defined Term	Definition
Act	Electricity Act, 2003
AEMIL/second respondent	Adani Electricity Mumbai Infra Limited
AEML-T third respondent	Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited - Transmission
APTEL	Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
CEA	Central Electricity Authority Development Guidelines Guidelines for encouraging Competition in Development of Transmission Projects
DPR	Detailed Progress Report
EC/fifth respondent	Empowered Committee
FoR	Forum of Regulators
GoM’s GR	Government of Maharashtra’s, Government Resolution dated 04.01.2019
HVDC	High Voltage Direct Current
HVDC Project	1000 MW HVDC (VSC based) link between 400 kV MSETCL Kudus & 220 kV AEML Aarey EHV Station
MERC/first respondent	Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission
MERC MYT Regulations	Maharashtra Electricity Regula