Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(g) -- Electricity bill - Electricity theft - The report does not indicate in whose presence the checking was done - Presence of the complainant is not recorded anywhere - There is no affidavit of the person who carried out the checking to prove the contents of the checking report - Held that OPs failed to establish by cogent..........
Electricity Act, 1910, Section 20, 26, Electricity Act, 2003, Section 50 -- Replacement of correct and working electric meter with an electronic meter - Board has authority to do so...........
Electricity Act, 2003, Section 56(2) -- Sum due - Not recoverable after period of two years from the date when such sum became first due - Meaning of `first due' - Held, period of two years starts from the date when Board demands payment and not from the date of consumption of electrical energy...........
Electricity disconnection -- Compensation - Tube well connection - Supply disconnected by neighbour - Disconnection for two months - No cogent evidence of any loss suffered by complainant - Deficiency is limited to the extent of not being able to reconnect the electricity supply - Order of District Forum directing OPs to pay cost of litigation and to connect the supply..........
Electricity Act, 2003, Section 43 -- Electricity connection - Trespasser - A person who is not lawful occupier is not entitled to get an electric connection...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(o), Electricity Act, 2003, Section 145, 126 -- Consumer of electricity - Whether comes within definition of 'Consumer' as defined in S.2(o) of Consumer Protection Act - Matter remitted to National Commission to record a positive finding on the aspect...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(d),(o), Electricity Act, 2003, Section 145 -- Consumer - Service - Electricity disconnection - Jurisdictional bar - Supply of electric energy by the Nigam falls under Section 2(o) of the Act - National Commission has not addressed the question as to whether consumer of electricity is covered by the definition of Consumer as..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Ad interim injunction - Restoration of electricity and water supply - Tenancy coming to an end with efflux of time - Tenancy not renewed - Tenant thereafter in unauthorised occupation - No fault can be found for disconnecting the electricity and water supply...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 197 -- Sanction for prosecution - Petitioners/Junior Engineers in Electricity Dept., alleged to have committed offences u/ss 447, 323, 504 and 379, IPC - Petitioners allegedly took away generator sets during raid conducted on premises of complainant - Held, petitioners being officers of Electricity Department had gone to conduct raid..........
Forest (Conversation) Act, 1890, Section 2 - - Forest land - Used for no, forest purpose - Construction of road in forest - Due to persistent political pressure - Departmental action taken against concerned forest officer however officers of Electricity Distribution Company were prosecuted under the provisions of Forest (Conservation) Act and also departmental action taken..........
