Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 380 · Decided 24 August 2005
Chairman, M.P. Electricity Board and ORS. v. Shiv Narayan and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 380 · [2005] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 958
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1065/2000
- Decided
- 24 August 2005
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Matter referred to larger bench
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Electricity Laws: Electricity Tariff-Lawyer's office-Whether a commercial C establishment-Electricity Board issued circular classifying lawyer's office as a commercial establishment which attracted commercial rates, of tariff­ Validity of-High Court held that the office of a lawyer or a firm to commercial consumers could not be charged-Correctness of-Held: There D E is a fandamental distinction between a professional activity and an activity of a commercial character-The view expressed in New Delhi Municipal Council's case that if the user was not 'domestic' it might be
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