Supreme Court · 1986 INSC 37 · Decided 12 March 1986
Delhi Cloth & General Mills Company LTD. & ANR. v. Rajasthan State Electricity Board & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1986 INSC 37 · [1986] 1 S.C.R. 633
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2675/1980
- Decided
- 12 March 1986
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, D.P. MADON (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Electricity Supply Act, 1948 - SS. 49A and 49B (as introduced by Electricity (supply) (Rajasthan Amendment) Act, 1976) - Scope of - Electricity Board - Power of - To frame uniform tariffs unilaterally - Raise demands for payment of difference between uniform tariffs plus surcharge and agreed - Whether s.49 of the Act is violative of Arts. 14, 19(l)(f) & (g) and 31 (2) of the Constitution - Whether doctrine of Promissory estoppel attracted. Words and Phrases - 'Escalation clause', 'Review', and 'Surcharge' - Meaning of. By an agreement dated July 28, 1961, the Respondent­
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