HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment pronounced on: 17.04.2025 W.P.(C) 16366/2024 and CM APPLs.7879/2025, 7882/2025 HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. P. Chidambaram, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Ashish Prasad, Ms. Mukta Dutta and Mr. Atri Roy Chowdhury, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ..... Respondents Through: Mr. Rakesh Kumar, CGSC and Mr. Sunil, Advocate for UOI. Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG, Mr. Ishaan George, Mr. Amit Gupta, Dr. Rukma George, Mr. Archit Jain, Mr. Ashnab Khan and Mr. Vikramaditya Singh, Advs. for R-2 to 5. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner, being aggrieved by the actions of the respondent nos. 2 to 5, in respect of the petitioner’s Captive Power Plant at Mahan Aluminium, Bargawan, Madhya Pradesh (“Mahan CPP”), that provides continuous power supply to its aluminium smelter. Specifically, the petitioner is aggrieved by the purported reduction in the Annual Contracted Quantity (‘ACQ’) of coal agreed to be supplied by respondent nos. 2 to 4 under duly executed and implemented Fuel Supply Agreements (FSA) dated 08.02.2022 and 23.03.2022 between the petitioner and the