https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184659 Earlier permissions under the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 and the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 did not displace compliance with the later State electricity regime, so mini power plants were required to obtain the licence or exemption prescribed by the 1998 enactment. The regulatory commission had wide control over transmission and supply, but that power did not extend to a blanket ban on third-party sales or a mandatory direction that all generated power be sold only to the transmission corporation. The court also recognised equitable protection where a generator had altered its position in reliance on official directions and commercial arrangements, and directed reconsideration under the later law while preserving interim arrangements. en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 19:36:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184659 Earlier permissions under the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 and the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 did not displace compliance with the later State electricity regime, so mini power plants were required to obtain the licence or exemption prescribed by the 1998 enactment. The regulatory commission had wide control over transmission and supply, but that power did not extend to a blanket ban on third-party sales or a mandatory direction that all generated power be sold only to the transmission corporation. The court also recognised equitable protection where a generator had altered its position in reliance on official directions and commercial arrangements, and directed reconsideration under the later law while preserving interim arrangements. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184659