Bombay HC imposes 1Lakh cost on Reliance Infrastructure for abusing process of Law [Read Judgment]

Bombay High Court has imposed costs of Rupees One Lakh on Reliance Infrastructure Limited for approaching it under Article 226 of the Constitution under the garb of violation of statutory and constitutional right, despite filing an appeal.

Division Bench comprising of Justices G.S.Kulkarni and S.C.Dharmadhikari dismissing the petition filed by the company said that such tendencies of abusing the process of law are required to be taken a serious note.

The Reliance Infrastructure had contended in the Writ petition that the SHR norms fixed for its plant were different from those of other such units and hence, violated its Constitutional right to being treated equally and to carry out business.

The Bench observed that only because the SHR for the Petitioners power station has been fixed at a different rate below its peers and that too on the basis of a scientific study and materials, there is no reasonable cause for the Petitioners to contend that the regulations are bad or discriminatory

The Court observed that it was not appropriate for the Petitioners to have filed the present Petition when already the very issue as raised by the Petitioners was a subject matter in an appeal filed by the Petitioners under Section 111 of the Electricity Act before the Appellate Tribunal for electricity.

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Read the Judgment here.