Haryana Power Purchase Centre (HPPC) vs GMR Kamalanga Energy Ltd. 2025 INSC 1079 - Electricity Act
Electricity Act 2003 - Section 125 - The appeal under Section 125 of the 2003 Act is only permissible on any of the grounds as specified in Section 100 of the CPC - As such, it is permissible only on substantial questions of law- When there are concurrent finding of facts, Supreme Court will have to be very slow in interfering with the said findings of fact. Unless it is found that the findings are perverse, arbitrary or in violation of the statutory provisions, it will not be permissible to interfere with the same. (Para 23-24)
Electricity Act 2003 - Section 62,63 - Section 63 provides for the determination of tariff by bidding process whereas under Section 62, the tariff is determined on Cost Plus basis. It can thus be seen that proceedings under Sections 62 and 63 are entirely different. (Para 42)
Case Info
Case Name and Neutral Citation
- Case Name: Haryana Power Purchase Centre (HPPC) and Others v. GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited and Others
- Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 1079
- Civil Appeal Numbers: 1929 of 2020 and 3429 of 2020
Coram
- B.R. Gavai, Chief Justice of India (CJI)
- K. Vinod Chandran, J.
Judgment Date
- Date of Judgment: September 8, 2025
Caselaws and Citations
Supreme Court and Tribunal Decisions Cited
- Energy Watchdog v. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission and Others
- Citation: (2017) 14 SCC 80
- Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited v. Adani Power Maharashtra Limited and Others
- Citation: (2023) 7 SCC 401
- Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra
- Citation: (2019) 3 SCC 352
- Assn. of Industrial Electricity Users v. State of A.P.
- Citation: (2002) 3 SCC 711
- Vivek Narayan Sharma (Demonetisation Case-5 J.) v. Union of India
- Citation: (2023) 3 SCC 1
- GMR Warora Energy Limited v. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and Others
- Citation: (2023) 10 SCC 401
- Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Another v. Adani Power (Mundra) Limited and Others
- Citation: (2023) 14 SCC 736
- GMR-Kamalanga Energy Limited v. Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd.
- Citation: (2016) SCC OnLine CERC 43
- Adani Power Ltd. v. Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitaran Nigam Ltd.
- Citation: 2017 SCC OnLine CERC 305
- Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. v. Adani Power (Mundra) Ltd.
- Citation: 2020 SCC OnLine APTEL 92
- Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. v. Adani Power (Mundra) Ltd.
- Citation: 2018 SCC OnLine CERC 237
- Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. v. Adani Power (Mundra) Ltd.
- Citation: 2018 SCC OnLine CERC 411
Statutes/Laws Referred
- Electricity Act, 2003
- Section 62 (Tariff determination by Commission)
- Section 63 (Tariff determination by bidding process)
- Section 79 (Functions of Central Commission)
- Section 125 (Appeal to Supreme Court)
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
- Section 100 (Second Appeal—substantial question of law)
- Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973
- Section 3(3)(a)(iii) (Allocation of coal blocks)
- Finance Act, 2010 and 2012 (regarding clean energy cess and excise duty)