Overview
- The Supreme Court on Friday recorded a May 27 notification that Delhi had formed a search and selection committee and directed that the panel complete selection of a chairperson and two members within two months.
- The court required the government to file a compliance affidavit when the matter returns after two months and asked the panel to make an immediate endeavour to finish the process.
- Energy Watchdog’s petition says DERC has been run by only two pro tem members since the chair retired and that petitions under Section 142 of the Electricity Act have not been listed since July 15, 2025, denying consumers access to remedies.
- The Delhi government’s order setting up the panel names retired Delhi High Court judge S.L. Bhayana as chair and gives the committee a statutory role to propose two names per vacancy and check conflicts of interest.
- DERC sets tariffs, grants licences and decides disputes for Delhi’s power sector; the court’s deadline aims to restore those functions and could affect pending tariff work and consumer claims, including long‑running recovery issues involving the city’s DISCOMs.