Supreme Court of India

Punjab State Electricity Board & Anr. v. Ashwani Kumar

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Reported as [2010] 7 S.C.R. 1158
Bench B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 8 July 2010

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the matter requires to be remanded to the Competent Authority in the Electricity Board to determine and F record the clear findings afresh as to whether it was a case of clubbing or not in accordance with the provisions and observations afore-referred with liberty to the parties to produce any further documents, if they so desire.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Electricity Supply Regulations - Clubbing of electricity connections in one premises - Inspection report with regard to complainant's premises - Two connections in different names operating therein with sanctioned load of 52.49 KW and 56. 76 KW, thus, the two connections liable to be clubbed - Demand raised from consumers - Challenge to - State Commission as also National Commission set aside the 0 demand raised holding that two distinct persons owned distinct properties and were ·having independent electric connections, thus could not be termed as same premises - On appeal held: Reasons were

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