Supreme Court of India

Karnataka Power Transmission Corpn. & Anr. v. Ashok Iron Works Pvt. Ltd.

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Reported as [2009] 1 S.C.R. 1109

Bench Markandey Kat Ju and R.M. Lodha JJ.

Decided 9 February 2009

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CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 1986: ss. 2(1) (d), 2(1)(m), 2(1)(o) and 2(1)(g) - 'consumer', c 'person', 'service' 'deficiency' - Complaint by a manufacturing unit claiming damages from Kamataka Power Transmission Corporation for delay in supply of electricity relating to the period prior to amendment of s.2(1)(d)(ii) by Act 62 of 2002 - Held: Definition of 'person' in s.2(1)(m) is inclusive and not ..... ~ exhaustive - Company is a person within the meaning of s.2(1)(d) r/w s.2(1)(m) - Supply of electricity to a consumer by KPTC is not sale of electricity, but would be covered u/s 2(1)(o) being

Authorities it was built on

1968 Commissioner of Sales Tax, Madhya Pradesh, Indore v. Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board, Jabalpur cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2023 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Harsolia Motors and Others relied on
2026 Sant Rohidas Leather Industries and Charmakar Development Corporation Ltd. v. Vijaya Bank referred to
2022 Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited v. A. Balakrishnan & Anr. referred to
2020 Satish Chander Ahuja v. Sneha Ahuja referred to
2014 M/s Mamta Surgical Cotton Industries, Rajasthan v. Assistant Commissioner (anti-evasion), Bhilwara, Rajasthan referred to
2025 M/s Poly Medicure Ltd. v. M/s Brillio Technologies Pvt. Ltd explained

Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 explained

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