Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 595 · Decided 4 December 2001
West Bengal State Electricity Board v. Calcutta Electric Supply CORPN. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 595 · [2001] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 447
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8261/2001
- Decided
- 4 December 2001
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, RUMA PAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Electricity Laws : Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948-Section 44(2) and (3)-Dispute regard­ ing escalated project cost of new thermal generating system-Maintainability ~f-When Board approves the reasonable revised project cost at a particular .figure in exercise o,f its prnver under Section 44, under Sec/ion 44(3). Respondent-licensee sought consent from appellant Board for estab· lishment of new thermal generating station. The appellant accorded sanc­ tion. However, the project cost got escalated. The respondent applied for further consent for revised project cost. The
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