M/S. SKJ COKE INDUSTRIES LTD. vs COAL INDIA LTD AND ORS. — C.A. No. 8153/2009

Summary The Supreme Court dismissed S.K.J. Coke Industries' appeal against Coal India Ltd., holding that the appellant was required to pay Liberalised Sales Scheme (LSS) prices rather than preferential "linked" prices for coal. Although the appellant received coal allocation from 1989 and was treated as a "linked unit" in 1996, the court ruled this designation applied only to supply quantity, not pricing. The 1996 Linkage Committee resolution specifically stipulated that prices would follow NEC-Assam's prevailing rates, and the January 1996 LSS exemption from price controls empowered coal companies to charge market-based prices, breaking parity between linked and non-linked consumers. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.