The division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice A N Ray and Justice H Banerjee today released the case regarding appeal of the State of West Bengal challenging the order of the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC) on the ground that the bench had no jurisdiction to hear the case.
On February 21, the bench had given an indication that unless the Chief Justice formally assigned the case to the court by Monday, the court would release it from the bench. While releasing the case, the bench observed that