Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(g), Electricity Act, 1910, Section 39,44(c) -- Electricity - Theft of electricity - What the inspecting team saw was a small hole in front of the meter - They have not seen the consumer complainant abstracting/consuming the electricity and using energy dishonestly - Nor did they see any artificial means or unauthorized mean used..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 3,2(1),(g) -- Additional remedy - Electricity bill - Deficiency in service - Plea that complainant has not exhausted the departmental remedy of presenting the case before the Disputes Settlement Committee and the complainant is guilty of theft of energy hence the District Forum had no jurisdiction to hear the complaint repelled - The..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(g) -- Electricity bill - Electricity theft - The checking report indicates that it does not include the signatures of either the Complainant or his representative - The report has also not been authenticated by any respectable person of the locality to confirm its veracity - There is no evidence of a copy of this report having..........
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 bill -- Energy theft - Report of the ME Lab that the MCB hinges are welded from outside and are not as per design of the Board - The 'perfected' artificial means have been proved by the respondent-Board with the help of report from the ME Lab by the appellant to decrease the reading of the meter by tampering with the figures of the meter - There is no technical..........
Electricity supply -- Theft of electricity - Penalty - Imposition of by petitioner-OP - Findings by Fora below that theft of electricity not proved by cogent evidence and quashed the penalty - Reasoning given by the concurrent findings of Fora below does not warrant interference under Section 21(b) of the Consumer Protection Act...........
Electricity Act, 2003, Section 135, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 379 -- Theft of electricity - Not an offence u/s 379 IPC - For theft of electricity it is S.135 Electricity Act which is applicable and not S.379 IPC...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(g), Electricity Act, 2003, Section 152 -- Electricity disconnection - Theft of energy - Unilaterally the OPs at the first instance had passed the order of assessment taking a case of compounding of the offence and then giving an option to the complainant for compounding the same - Held that the issuance of the said notice to the..........
Electricity Act, 2003, Section 131, 135, 151, 155 -- Electricity - Theft - Special Court apart from trying criminal offence, is given power to determine the civil liability against the consumer or a person found committing theft of energy as well...........
Electricity Act, 2003, Section 131, 135, 151, 155 -- Electricity - Theft - Bail - Condition as to deposit of amount - Special Court can punish the accused if it is established that accused had committed the offence u/ss 135 to 139 of the Act - It can even determine the civil liability and direct the said person to deposit the amount of civil liability so determined - It is..........
