Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 637 · Decided 2 September 2011

Sri Chandu Khamaru v. SMT. Nayan Malik & ORS.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2011 INSC 637 · [2011] 11 S.C.R. 112
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 7572/2011
Decided
2 September 2011
Bench
R.V. RAVEENDRAN, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Electricity Act Section 43, 67

Headnote

ELECTRICITY ACT, 2003: c s. 67(2) rlw ss. 42(1) and 43(1) - Duty of distribution licensee to supply electricity on request - Supply of electricity to the house of appellant disconnected on the ground that the passage through which the electric line was taken belonged to respondents - Claim of - Held: The appellant has a statutory right to apply for and obtain supply of electricity from the distribution licensee and the latter has a corresponding statutory obligation to supply electricity to the appellant - Distribution licensee directed to find out an a/cernate way to supply E

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