Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 84 · Decided 9 February 2012
Union of India Through General Manager Northern Railways v. Chairman, Up State Electricity Board & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 84 · [2012] 2 S.C.R. 416
- Case number
- TRANSFERRED CASE (CIVIL) No. 37/2001
- Decided
- 9 February 2012
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 139; Electricity Act Section 10(2)
Headnote
RAILWAYS ACT, 1989: ss. 11 (a) and (g) - Construction of electric supply lines by Railways - Held: Provisions of Railways Act clearly authorize the Railways to construct necessary transmission lines, dedicated for their own purpose - NTPC, company, does have the necessary authority to enter into a power purchasing agreement u/s 43A of Electric (Supply) Act, 1948 - Thus, the action of Railways of constructing transmission lines and drawing power from thermal power plants of NTPC was perfectly legal - Electricity E (Supply) Act,
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