Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited vs Gayatri Shakti Paper And Board Limited And Another, Etc.

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2023 Supreme(SC) 1024

SANJIV KHANNA, M. M. SUNDRESH
Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
Gayatri Shakti Paper And Board Limited And Another, Etc. – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. Nikunj Dayal, AOR Mr. Sanjay Sen, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rohit Singha, Adv. Ms. Tatini Basu, AOR Mr. Kumar Shashank, Adv. Ms. Nitipriya Kar, Adv. Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR M/S. D. S. K Legal, AOR Mr. G. Saikumar, Adv. Mr. Samir Malik, Adv. Ms. Nikita Choukse, Adv. Mr. Akash Lamba, Adv. Mr. Krishan Kumar, Adv. Mr. G.umapathy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rohit K. Singh, AOR Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mr. Basava Prabhu S.patil, Sr. Adv. Mr. Basava Prabhu S.patil, Sr. Adv. Ms. Ishita Jain, AOR Mr. Sudhir Nandrajog, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anand Kumar Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Shivam Sinha, Adv. Mr. Ankit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Geet Rajan Ahuja, Adv. Mr. C. A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Matrugupta Mishra, Adv. Mr. Nipun Dave, Adv. Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Zafar Inayat, Adv. Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Ms. Sapna Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Bhagirath N.patel, Adv. Mr. Anubhav Sharma, Adv.
For the Respondent(s) Mr. Nikunj Dayal, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Divya Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Saransh Shaw, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. Nakul Dewan , Sr., Adv. Mr. Pradhuman Gohil, Adv. Ms. Taruna Singh Gohil, Adv. Ms. Ranu Purohit, Adv. Mr. Alapati Sahithya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Mittal, Adv. Mr. Rushabh N. Kapadia, Adv. Mrs. Taruna Singh Gohil, AOR M/S. D.S. K. Legal, AOR Mr. Samir Malik, AOR Mr. Hasan Murtaza, AOR Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Ms. Amita Singh Kalkal, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. M. Y. Deshmukh, AOR Ms. Manjeet Kirpal, Adv. Ms. Adviteeya Sharma, Adv. Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR Mr. Sheikh F Kalia, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Maheshwaranand Roy, AOR Mr. P. Srinivasan, Adv. Mr. Gunjan Kumar, Adv. Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Mr. Sajal Jain, Adv. Ms. Sonakshi Malhan, Adv. Ms. Ishita Jain, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Shivam Sinha, Adv. Mr. Shivam Sinah, Adv. Mr. Ankit Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Anand Shankar Jha, AOR Mrs. Meenakshi Devgan, Adv. Mr. Sachin Mintri, Adv. Mr. T. Sundar Ramanathan, AOR Mr. Vivek Pandey, Adv. Mr. D Balaji, Adv. Mr. Krishan Singhal, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Mr. Sajal Jain, Adv. Ms. Sonakshi Malhan, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Divya Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Saransh Shaw, Adv. M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Nikunj Dayal, AOR Mr Hasan Murtaza, AOR Mr. V.S. Pillai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. R.L.K. Sundram, Adv. Mr. S.S. Stalian, Adv. Mr. V. J. Stlani, Adv. Mr. Vinodh Kanna B., AOR

Table of Content
1. interpretation of the electricity act. (Para 1 , 2)
2. criteria for establishing cgps. (Para 3 , 7)
3. definition and ownership criteria of cgps (Para 4 , 5 , 6)
4. rights and obligations under section 9 of the act (Para 8 , 9 , 10)
5. understanding of captive generating plant's operational rights (Para 11 , 12 , 13)
6. proportionality requirement for 'association of persons' (Para 21 , 30)
7. significance of ownership and consumption requirements. (Para 22)
8. interpretation of spvs and compliance with association of persons (Para 49 , 50 , 65)
9. spv as an association of persons. (Para 66)

JUDGMENT :

(Sanjiv Khanna, J.)

This judgment interprets relevant provisions of the ELECTRICITY ACT , 2003¹[For short, “Act”] and Rule 3 of the ELECTRICITY RULES , 2005²[For short, “Rules”], for being classified as a Captive Generating Plant³[For short, “CGP”] and a captive user.

2. We will be elucidating the legal position as per the statute, our intent being to first lay down the principles of law and then apply the principles to the facts and circumstances of each case.

3. To decide th

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2023 Supreme(SC) 1024

SANJIV KHANNA, M. M. SUNDRESHDakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited – AppellantVersusGayatri Shakti Paper And Board Limited And Another, Etc. – Respondent

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SANJIV KHANNA, M. M. SUNDRESH
Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
Gayatri Shakti Paper And Board Limited And Another, Etc. – Respondent