Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 172 · Decided 16 March 2004
Ahmedabad Electricity CO. LTD. v. Gujarat INNS. PVT. LTD. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 172 · [2004] 3 S.C.R. 23
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1691/1999
- Decided
- 16 March 2004
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, BRIJESH KUMAR, ARUN KUMAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Companies Act
Headnote
B Electricity-Auction purchasers of property-Liability of towards previous arrears of electricity dues-Previous owners in arrears of electricity dues­ Electricity supply disconnected-Auction sale of property-Auction purchasers C seeking fresh connections-Electricity Board insisting on previous fresh connections-Jn case of a fresh connection, though the premises are the same, the auction purchasers cannot be held liable lo clear the arrears incurred by the previous owners in respect of power supply to the premises in the absence of there being a specific statutory provision in that
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