Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 524 · Decided 7 December 2002
Hitech Electrothermics and Hydropower LTD. v. ST Ate Oe Kerala and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 524 · [2002] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 128
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8322/2001
- Decided
- 7 December 2002
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Electricity Act
Headnote
ELECTROTHERMICS AND HYDROPOWER LTD. v. ST ATE OE KERALA AND ORS. DECEMBER I 7, 2002 B [G.B. PATTANAIK, CJ., AND K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, J.] Administrative Law: Government Po/icy-Offering of concessional tariff to new industrial C unit for period of five years from the date of commercial production, if unit could not start commercial production due to non-supply of power, it would not be equitable D to deny relief by giving literal interpretation to the incentive claim of the Government-Thus, on equitable consideration concessional tariff to be granted for period of three years. E The
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