Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 935 · Decided 21 August 2019
West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company LTD. & ORS. v. M/S. Orion Metal PVT. LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 935 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 385
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6547/2019
- Decided
- 21 August 2019
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, R. SUBHASH REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Electricity Act Section 126(6)(b), 126(1), 126, 135, 154
Headnote
Electricity Act, 2003: Object and reasons of enactment - Discussed. Electricity Act, 2003: s.126(6)(b) - Unauthorized use of electricity - Meaning of - Held: Unauthorized use of electricity means, the usage of electricity by any artificial means or by by the concerned person or authority or licensee; or through a tampered meter; or for the purpose other than for which the usage of electricity was authorized; or for the premises or areas other than those for which the supply of electricity was authorized - Thus, use of energy through
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