Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited vs Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited

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2023 Supreme(SC) 1122

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Samir Malik, Adv. Ms. Nikita Choukse, Adv. Ms. Deepeika Kalia, Adv. Ms. Vaishnavi, Adv. Mr. Keshav Khandelwal, Adv. Mr. Akash Lamba, Adv. Mr. Krishan Kumar, Adv. For M/S. D.s.k. Legal
For the Respondent(s): Mr. C Aryaman Sundaram, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Swapna Sheshadri, Adv. Mr. Anand K Ganesan, Adv. Mr. Nitin Saluja, AOR Ms. Ritu Apurva, Adv. Ms. Archita Kashyap, Adv. Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv. Mr. Zafar Inayat, Adv. Ms. Pranya Madan, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, CJI.

Contents

Factual Background

CERC Order dated 30 July 2023 and APTEL Judgement and Final Order dated 22 April 2015

Submissions

Analysis and Conclusion

Terms of the PPA

Factual Context and the Intention of parties to the contract

1. This appeal arises from the judgment of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity,¹[“APTEL”.] at New Delhi. APTEL dismissed an appeal against an order of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission,²[“CERC”.] dated 30 July 2013.,³[Appeal No. 261 of 2013]

2. The first respondent, an electricity transmission company called Ratnagiri Gas And Power Private Limited,⁴[“RGPPL”/first respondent.], filed a petition under Section 79 of the Electricity Act, 2003 against the appellant, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd.,⁵[“MSEDCL”/appellant.], seeking the resolution of issues arising out of the non-availability of domestic gas; beneficiaries’ reservations to allow the first respondent to enter into contracts for alternate fuel, the revision of the Normative Annual Pla

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2023 Supreme(SC) 1122

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRAMaharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited – AppellantVersusRatnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited – Respondent

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited – Respondent