Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 329 · Decided 12 April 2018
State of Gujarat & ORS. v. Utility Users’ Welfare Association & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 329 · [2018] 9 S.C.R. 106
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 14697/2015
- Decided
- 12 April 2018
- Bench
- JASTI CHELAMESWAR, SANJAY KISHAN KAUL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Electricity Act Section 84, 86, 84(2)
Headnote
Electricity Act 2003: ss. 84 and 86 - Appointment of Chairperson of Central and State Regulatory Commissions - Whether mandatory to have a judicial mind presiding over these Commissions in the form of a Judge - Held: Section 84(2) is only an a High Court Judge as a Chairperson of the State Commission - It is not mandatory to appoint a High Court Judge as a Chairperson of the State Commission - However, it is mandatory that there should be a person of law as a Member of the Commission - Such member should be a
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