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Torrent Power Limited v. U.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission & Ors

i) Whether any individual can invoke the jurisdiction of a State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (ERC) on the plea of public interest. In…

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
14 Jul 2025
Citation
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 693
Case no.
CIVIL APPEAL No. 23514/2017
Bench
J.b. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

Issue for consideration

i) Whether any individual can invoke the jurisdiction of a State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (ERC) on the plea of public interest. In other words, whether an ERC has the jurisdiction to consider matters in public interest; ii) Whether the Act, 2003 State ERCs to consider and adjudicate the efficacy of a distribution franchisee agreement entered between a distribution licensee and a distribution franchisee. In other words, whether ERCs have the jurisdiction to review the functioning of a distribution licensee to supply the electricity through

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