Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd vs Essar Power Limited 2025 INSC 1160 -Electricity Act- Pleadings
Pleadings - Parties would be bound by their pleadings and the case put forth by them on the strength thereof and it is not for the Court to substitute its own notion of what that case should be. (Para 36)
Quote -This Court cannot be a mute spectator when its judgments and findings are misconstrued or misunderstood by the parties and are projected erroneously in a subsequent round of litigation. (Para 36)
Case Info
Case Name and Neutral Citation
- Case Name: Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited vs Essar Power Limited and another
- Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 1160
Coram (Judges)
- Justice Sanjay Kumar
- Justice Alok Aradhe
Judgment Date
- Date: 25 September 2025
Caselaws and Citations
- Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited vs. Essar Power LimitedCitation: (2016) 9 SCC 103
Statutes/Laws Referred
- Electricity Act, 2003
- Section 125 (Appeals to Supreme Court)
- Section 86(1)(f) (Adjudication of disputes by State Commission)
- Section 73 (Functions and duties of Central Electricity Authority)
- Indian Contract Act, 1872
- Section 73 (Compensation for loss or damage caused by breach of contract), including illustration (j)
Additional Details
- Relevant Agreements:
- Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) dated 30.05.1996 (between GEB and EPL)
- PPA dated 29.06.1996 (between EPL and Essar Steel Limited)
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