Concession
3 Aug 1995
- In power
- SS — Maharashtra
- Acted
- State government, Maharashtra
After a Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Manohar Joshi announced in the legislature that construction on Phase I would stop and Phase II would be cancelled. Enron began arbitration in the United Kingdom in August 1995. In September 1995 the state filed Civil Writ Petition 3392 of 1995 in the Bombay High Court to have the power purchase agreement declared void. [1][2][3][4]
Court: In its judgment of 2 December 1996 the Bombay High Court found that the agreement had in fact never been scrapped; the company had only been asked to stop work. [2]
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The same action under other governments
For each party in power, its most recent concession in another entry. Chosen by this rule, not by hand.
- 2026Cockroach Janta Party protests over exam paper leaksIn power: BJP — Centre
- 2017Jallikattu protests in Tamil Nadu, January 2017In power: AIADMK — Tamil Nadu
- 2014Telangana statehood agitation (2009 to 2011)In power: INC — Centre
- 2007Singur and Nandigram land acquisition protestsIn power: CPI(M) — West Bengal
- 2006Kalinganagar police firingIn power: BJD — Odisha
- 1977All-India railway strike 1974In power: Janata Party — Centre
Sources
- 1The Enron Corporation: Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Violations - Background: the Munde Committee and cancellationHuman Rights Watch, Jan 1999T5 SecondaryArchived 18 Aug 2000
- 2Center of Indian Trade Unions and another v. Union of India and others, Writ Petitions 2456 and 2912 of 1996, AIR 1997 Bom 79Bombay High Court (text on CourtKutchehry), 2 Dec 1996T2 Court
- 3India Orders Plug Pulled on U.S.-Run Power ProjectLos Angeles Times, John-Thor Dahlburg, 4 Aug 1995T4 ReportArchived 15 Sep 2019
- 4Canceled Deal Sets Back Reforms in IndiaThe Christian Science Monitor, Eric Weiner, 11 Aug 1995T4 ReportArchived 3 Oct 2015