Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 276 · Decided 14 March 1997
Punjab State Electricity Board and ANR. v. Ashwani Kumar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 276 · [1997] 2 S.C.R. 1143
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2507/1997
- Decided
- 14 March 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Electricity Act
Headnote
B Electricity Act, 1910/Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 : Arrears of electricity charges-Recovery of-<:onsumer filing civil suit for permanent injunction restraining the Board from recovering the C amount-Suit decreed-Decree confirmed by High Court in second ap­ peal-Held the civil court the party to avail of the remedy provided under the Indian Electricity Act the Indian Electricity (Supply) Act and in accordance with the instrnctions issued by the Board in that behalf from time to time-If the consumer is not satisfied with the order passed by D the Board/Appellate Authority,
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