Haryana Power Purchase Centre (Hppc) vs Gmr Kamalanga Energy Limited

insc-2025-1079 Supreme Court of India 8 September 2025 • CIVIL APPEAL NO. 1929 OF 2020; CIVIL APPEAL NO. 3429 OF 2020 • 50 min read

9 cases cited (0 SG, 9 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Practice Areas

Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Constitution of India Electricity Act, 2003 Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Electricity Act, 2003

Judges (2)

B.R. Gavai Delivered K. Vinod Chandran Coram

Parties (3)

GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited Respondent GRID Corporation of Orissa Limited Appellant Haryana Power Purchase Centre Appellant

Case Significance

Haryana Power Purchase Centre (Hppc) vs Gmr Kamalanga Energy Limited is a Supreme Court of India decision dated September 8, 2025 (citation: insc-2025-1079). Energy law dispute concerning the apportionment of coal supply among power distribution companies under power purchase agreements. The Supreme Court dismissed both appeals, upholding the CERC and APTEL findings that coal from all procurement sources must be apportioned among all DISCOMs proportionally, and no DISCOM can claim priority based on the date of its agreement. The bench comprised Justices B.R. Gavai and K. Vinod Chandran. The judgment was delivered by Justice B.R. Gavai.

This case has been cited by 1 subsequent judgment. The judgment references 9 case citations.

Summary

Energy law dispute concerning the apportionment of coal supply among power distribution companies under power purchase agreements. The Supreme Court dismissed both appeals, upholding the CERC and APTEL findings that coal from all procurement sources must be apportioned among all DISCOMs proportionally, and no DISCOM can claim priority based on the date of its agreement.

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Statutes Cited

Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Constitution of India

Art 14 Art 226

Electricity Act, 2003

s 125

Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Electricity Act, 2003

Cases Cited (9)

IN (9)

(2002) 3 SCC 711 (2017) 14 SCC 80 (2018) 1 SCC (Civ) 133 (2019) 3 SCC 352 (2023) 10 SCC 401 (2023) 14 SCC 736 (2023) 3 SCC 1 (2023) 7 SCC 401 2025 INSC 1079

Cited By (1)

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Haryana Power Purchase Centre (Hppc) vs Gmr Kamalanga Energy Limited

Judgment

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