#regulatory jurisdiction

Kerala High Court affirms that the Admission Supervisory Committee has jurisdiction under Section 4(6) of the Kerala Professional Colleges Act, 2006, to order fee refunds for students who leave before admission closure. This ruling clarifies the regulatory authority over self-financing institutions, ensuring accountability in fee refund policies.

The Supreme Court ruled that State Electricity Regulatory Commissions may consider Union-funded Generation Based Incentives when setting tariffs, but cannot reduce consumer tariffs by the GBI amount if doing so defeats the policy’s intent to incentivize renewable generation. This protects renewable developers from regulatory erosion of central incentives and clarifies the hierarchy between executive schemes and state regulatory authority.