Authority: Supreme Court of India (Civil Appellate Jurisdiction)
Order Date: 03 August 2026
Case Overview
- Civil Appeal No. 7054/2026 filed by Indian Energy Exchange Ltd (appellant) against Central Electricity Regulatory Commission & others (respondents).
- Hearing conducted on 03‑08‑2026 before a bench comprising Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Aradhe.
- Counsel for the appellant included Senior Advocates Mukul Rohatgi, Dr. A.M. Singhvi, Amit Kapur, Mahesh Agarwal, Rishi Agrawala, Anand K. Ganeshan, L Nidhiram Sharma, Kalyani Bhide‑gharote, Priyakshi Bhatnagar, Harsha Rao, Aishwarya Subramani, Avdesh Mandloi, Naman Agarwal, Sahil Dhawan, Shubhi Agarwal, E. C. Agrawala, among others.
- Counsel for the respondents comprised Senior Advocate Basava Prabhu S Patil, Senior Advocate Sakya Singha Chaudhuri, Asmita Narula, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Avijeet Lala, Kamatham Rishitha, Arijeet Shukla, Sivanandh Lahiri, N. Venkataraman, Nikhil Nayyar, Dhananjay Baijal, Chandrashekhar Bharti, Shivshankar G., Kshitij Maheshwari, Parag Tripathi, Deepak Khurana, Abhishek Bansal, Anurag Vats, Priyanshi Agarwal, Prateek Yadav, and others.
- Record of Proceedings lists related Interlocutory Applications: IA No. 141950/2026, IA No. 176441/2026, IA No. 140619/2026 (ex‑parte stay), IA No. 212738/2026 (permission to place on record subsequent facts).
- The Court observed that it is not the appropriate stage to express an opinion on the electricity regulations that are yet to be formulated and therefore left all questions open for consideration at the appropriate stage.
Final Outcome
- The civil appeal is disposed of in terms of the signed order.
- Any pending interlocutory application(s), if any, are also disposed of.
- The order was signed by the two judges and placed on the file by the Assistant Registrar (Jayant Kumar Arora, Nidhi Wason).
Topics: Regulatory Law, Energy Sector