Authority: Supreme Court of India
Order Date: 06-10-2026
Case Overview
- Parties: Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (Petitioner) vs SMS Limited CETP‑1 (Respondent).
- Proceeding: Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 57649/2026, arising from the impugned final judgment and order dated 05‑06‑2026 in WP No. 2056/2025 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Nagpur.
- Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.V. Viswanathan and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arun Palli.
- Counsel for Petitioner: Senior Counsel Siddhartha Dave, with Ms. Pallavi Sharma, AOR Mr. Prabhat Kumar, and Ms. Maanvi Sharma.
- Petitioner’s Submission: Senior counsel Siddhartha Dave submitted that the subsidy recovery sought pertains only to amounts wrongly paid after the Notification dated 23 June 2022 (Annexure P‑2) and that no part of the subsidy paid prior to that date under the Notification of 29 June 2026 is sought to be recovered.
- Additional Procedural Details: The order was digitally signed by Deputy Registrar Anita Malhotra on 07‑10‑2026 at 18:58:16 IST, with Nikita Singh also noted as Deputy Registrar Court Master.
Final Outcome
- The Court directed that an affidavit setting out the factual submissions of the petitioner be placed on record.
- The matter was listed for further hearing on 16 November 2026.
- No substantive determination on the merits of the subsidy recovery claim was made at this stage.
Topics: Subsidy Recovery, Electricity Distribution, Legal Proceedings