Supreme Court of India
Surjit Singh v. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, we find no merit in this appeal which is accordingly dismissed.
Judgment, page 22
From the headnote
Indian . Telegraph Rules; Rr. 2(PP) and 443: Disconnection of Telephone - Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. disconnecting telephone lines in the name of c husband for non-payment of dues of telephone line in the name of wife - Correctness of- Held: Wife of the appellant is a house-wife having no independent source of income and, thus, economically dependent on him - Telephone line of relative, on whom subscriber is economically dependent, can be disconnected on ground of non-payment of telephone bill by the nominal subscriber - Intention of the legislature in framing r. 443 was that payment of
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