SC Dismisses Reliance's Challenge Against 'Discriminatory' MERC Regulation [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

21 Jan 2019 4:22 PM IST

“Indeed, a challenge to the validity of the regulations framed by the MERC could only lie before the High Court. Hence, the imposition of costs for having adopted the remedy under Article 226 was unjustified.”

The Supreme Court has upheld the Bombay High Court judgment which dismissed Reliance Infrastructure challenge against regulation 44.2(d) of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Multi Year Tariff) Regulations, 2011. The bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Hemant Gupta, however, disapproved of the High Court view that the writ petition was not...

SC Dismisses Reliance's Challenge Against 'Discriminatory' MERC Regulation [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

“Indeed, a challenge to the validity of the regulations framed by the MERC could only lie before the High Court. Hence, the imposition of costs for having adopted the remedy under Article 226 was unjustified.”

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