Supreme Court of India
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited v. Adani Power Maharashtra Limited and Others
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the change in law compensation shall be calculated based on the SHR specified in the MERC MYT Regulations, 2011 or the actual SHR whichever is lower and actual GCV of coal as 659 received at the plant site.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Electricity – ‘Change in Law’ event – Deallocation of Lohara Coal Blocks, if a ‘Change in Law’ event – Held: Yes – Deallocation of Lohara Coal Blocks would amount to ‘Change in Law’ event as defined under the Power Project Agreements – No interference warranted with the concurrent findings of MERC and APTEL – Methodology of arriving at the compensation payable on account of ‘Change in Law’ event also not interfered with – Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 – s.38(V) – Principle of Restitution.
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Haryana Power Purchase Centre (hppc) and Others v. Gmr Kamalanga Energy Limited and Others
- 2025 The State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. v. Jsw Hydro Energy Limited & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to
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