Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 834 · Decided 14 August 2007
Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission v. Reliance Energy LTD. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 834 · [2007] 9 S.C.R. 9
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2846/2006
- Decided
- 14 August 2007
- Bench
- A.K. MATHUR, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Electricity Act Section 42(5), 86(1)(f)
Headnote
B Electricity Act, 2003-ss. 42(5) and (6), 86(l)(j) and 128-State Electricity Regulatory Commission-Jurisdiction of-To issue direction to its licenceesldistributors and to decide the dispute of individual consumer- C Held: Commission has power to issue general directions to prevent harassment to direction without making a proper investigation in the issue is unsustainable­ Commission does not have jurisdiction to decide the dispute of individual consumer-Such dispute has to be decided by Consumer Grievance Redressa/ Forum and ombudsman created under Regulations by the
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