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Supreme Court judgments on Section 86, Electricity Act, 2003

10 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 86 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

M/s KKK Hydro Power Limited vs Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited and Others
SC · 29 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 2350 : 2025 INSC 1057
Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Commission) rejected the appellant’s petition for payment of arrears at an enhanced tariff for the electricity supplied by it to the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity…
Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited vs Green Infra Corporate Wind Private Limited and Others Etc.
SC · 4 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 345 : 2025 INSC 922
Whether the four respondent companies were entitled to approach the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) for determination of the tariff for procurement of power by Appellant-GUVNL from their wind energy proj…
Torrent Power Limited vs U.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission & Ors.
SC · 14 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 693 : 2025 INSC 838
The appellant, Torrent Power Limited, was appointed as a Distribution Franchisee by Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (DVVNL) under a Distribution Franchisee Agreement dated 18.05.2009 and a Supplementary Agreeme…
Municipal Corporation of Delhi vs Gagan Narang & Ors. Etc.
SC · 2 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 239 : 2025 INSC 2
Whether the application under Section 63 of the Electricity Act, 2003 could have been made by the Appellant-MCD, a “local authority” within the meaning of Section 2(41) of the Act.
Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Ors. vs MB Power (Madhya Pradesh) Limited & Ors.
SC · 8 January 2024
[2024] 1 S.C.R. 909 : 2024 INSC 23
State Commission held that the tariffs offered by the L-4 and L-5 bidders were not aligned to the prevailing market prices. In appeal by L-5, APTEL held that the State Commission had to necessarily adopt the tariff and h…
Southern Power Distribution Power Company Limited of Andhra Pradesh (Apspdcl) & Anr. vs M/s Hinduja National Power Corporation Limited & Anr.
SC · 2 February 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 198 : 2022 INSC 136
Electricity Act, 2003 – ss. 61, 62, 64 and 86 – Power Purchase Agreement(PPA) – Appellants-distribution companies (DISCOMS) were to purchase 100% power generated by respondent no.1HNPCL – O.P. No.21 of 2015 filed by HNPC…
Hindustan Zinc Limited (H.Z.L.) vs Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited
SC · 4 December 2019
[2019] 15 S.C.R. 113 : 2019 INSC 1319
Electricity Act, 2003 – ss.86(1)(f) and ss.37, 42, 158 – Appellant has four high tension electricity connections for its units at Chanderiya, Debari, Aghucha and Dariba, for which four contracts with the respondent were…
Madhya Pradesh Power Management Co. Ltd. & Anr. vs M/s Dhar Wind Power Projects Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 25 July 2019
[2019] 10 S.C.R. 73 : 2019 INSC 814
Electricity Act, 2003: ss. 61 and 86(1)(e) – Procurement of power from Wind Electricity Generator – Issuance of Tariff Order – Tariff Order dated 26.03.13 prescribing rate of Rs 5.92 per unit for the project commissioned…
M/s Adani Power (Mundra) Ltd. vs Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission and Ors.
SC · 2 July 2019
[2019] 8 S.C.R. 1017 : 2019 INSC 711
Electricity Act, 2003 – ss. 86 (1) (F), 95 – Respondent No. 2-Procurer initiated the process of bidding for supply of power on long term basis, by issuing Request for Qualification – Three separate bids were invited – Ap…
State of Gujarat & Ors. vs Utility Users’ Welfare Association & Ors.
SC · 12 April 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 106 : 2018 INSC 329
Electricity Act 2003: ss. 84 and 86 – Appointment of Chairperson of Central and State Regulatory Commissions – Whether mandatory to have a judicial mind presiding over these Commissions in the form of a Judge – Held: Sec…

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