Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 220 · Decided 28 November 1973

Gujarat Electricity Board v. Ahmedabad Electricity CO. LTD. & ORS.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
1973 INSC 220 · [1974] 2 S.C.R. 492
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 1797/1967
Decided
28 November 1973
Bench
D.G. PALEKAR, V.R. KRISHNA IYER, R.S. SARKARIA (3-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Constitution Article 57A; Arbitration Act Section 46

Headnote

Electricity Supply Act, 1948. Ss. 51A, 60(1), 76 (I) and (2) and Para 16of Sch. 6- Reference by licensee of dispure between it and Electricity Board to arbitration of Central Electricity Authol'ity-Jf operates as bar ro appointment of Rating Committee by Board. In September 1963 the respondent State Governmfnt of its intention to revise the rates of electricity on certain grounds. Both the State Government and the Board informed the respondent th3t they were not satisfied , that there was any justification for the revision. The res­ pondent, however, brought the rates into effect

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