Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 996 · Decided 13 May 2015
Hindustan Zinc LTD v. Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 996 · [2015] 7 S.C.R. 1104
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4417/2015
- Decided
- 13 May 2015
- Bench
- V. GOPALA GOWDA, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(6), 86(1); Electricity Act Section 86(1), 2(3), 86
Headnote
Rajasthan Electricity R&gulatory Commission c (Renewable Energy Obligation) Regulations, 2007; Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (Renewable Energy Certificate and Renewable Purchase Obligation Compliance Framework) Regulations, 2010: Constitutional validity of the Regulations 2007 power plants to p'urchase minimum energy from renew~ble sources - Held: The object of imposing RE Obligation is protection of environment anar preventing pollution by utilising Renewable Energy Sources as much as possible in larger public interest - The Regulations E impose reasonable
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