Electricity -- Additional demand of one time charge in terms of Board Circular from Large Supply consumers demanding contract demand higher than 60% of the connected load and to charge monthly minimum charges on connected load basis instead of Contract Demand - Board is competent to make the demand applicable to existing as well as future applicants - It cannot be said..........
Electricity Act, 1910, Section 23(3) -- Schedule clauses VI & X - Application for new electricity large supply connection - Security deposited - Subsequent circulars dated 4.5.1995 and 6.2.1996 - PSEB fixing one time charges, making contract demand higher than 60% of connected load - Additional demand of security over and above already deposited - Applicability of circular..........
Electricity Act, 1910, Section 39, 44, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 379 -- Electricity - Theft - Entire bill on account of theft deposited - No useful purpose will be served in continuing the criminal proceedings - FIR quashed...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(g), 14(1)(d) -- Electricity Act, 1910, Section 24 - Compensation - Electricity bill - Demand of arrears - If a demand is not raised due to any error/omission on the part of Electricity Board but the demand is otherwise just they were justified in raising the demand - Consumer had used the electricity supply - He must pay the..........
Telegraph Act, 1885, Section 10, 16, Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948, Section 42, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 34 -- Interest - Grant of - By District Court u/s 34 CPC - Held, District Judge under Telegraph Act, acts as a civil court in dealing with applications u/s 16 of the Telegraph Act and he has power of discretion to grant interest invoking provision of S.34..........
Telegraph Act, 1885, Section 10, 16, Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948, Section 42, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 34 -- Interest - Grant of - District Court in an appeal u/s 16 Telegraph Act awarding interest by invoking S.34 CPC - Held, Even in absence of any statutory provision for awarding interest the same is neither illegal nor without jurisdiction...........
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 13(1)(d), 13(2) -- Illegal gratification - Recovery of Rs.1,000 paid as bribe - Demand of bribe alleged for change of transformer for supply of electricity to tubewell of complainant - Complainant had no tubewell nor his application pending - Other discrepancies in statements of P.Ws. - Conviction set aside...........
Electricity Act, 1910, Section 21(2), 22, 24 -- Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948, Sections 26, 49 and 79 - Electricity Act, 2003, Sections 2(15) and 56 - General Conditions of Supply in Tariff Order 1997-98 and 2001-2002, Clause 2.1(iv) - Delhi Electricity Reforms Act, 2000, Section 28(1)(b) - DERC (Performance Standards - Metering and Billing) Regulations, 2002, Regulations..........
Electricity bill -- Minimum monthly charges - As per instructions if the connection is not disconnected permanently after expiry of one month from the date of temporary disconnection, it shall be deemed to have been disconnected permanently and levy of minimum charges to be discontinued thereafter - OP failed to discontinue the connection from the pole permanently after..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39,, Rule 1, 2 -- Tubewell Connection released under Tatkal scheme - Entire cost of releasing the connection including transformer borne by consumer - Replacement & maintenance of transformer also liability of consumer -Suit for Permanent Injunction restraining HVPN for releasing the electricity connection to the Defendent from tubewell..........
