Colliery Control Order, 1945 – Whether the appellants were required to pay the price of coal consumed in their manufacturing process at a preferential rate, known in the trade parlance as “linked price”, or the price under a Liberalised Sales Scheme (LSS) – HELD Appellants did not have vested legal right to preferential pricing as linked consumers

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S. S.K.J. COKE INDUSTRIES LTD.& ANR. — Appellant Vs. COAL INDIA LTD. & ORS. — Respondent ( Before : Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose,…

CLAIM REPUDIATED on grounds ‘farmers’ were not ‘consumers’ within the meaning of C P Act, 1986 – HELD “consumer” under the Act is very wide and it not only includes the person who hires or avails of the services for consideration but also includes the beneficiary of such services who may be a person other than the person who hires or avails of services – CLAIM ALLOWED

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH CANARA BANK @ APPELLANT @ HASH M/S UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LIMITED AND OTHERS @ RESPONDENT ( Before : S. Abdul Nazeer and Deepak…