Supreme Court of India

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd.v. the Appellate Authority & Anr. v. The Appellate Authority & Anr.

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Reported as [2018] 2 S.C.R. 537
Bench R. K. Agrawal and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 15 February 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion and subject to the observations, we find no merit in the appeals, which fail and are accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Electricity Act, 2003 – ss. 126, 127 – Respondent No .2 are consumers of electricity, which is supplied to them by the State Electricity Board – The sleuths of the Board visited the respondent no.2’s factory and replaced electricity meter with a new meter – Sleuths again visited the factory and on inspection found some tampering with the meter seals, this led to making of provisional assessment by the appellant u/s.126 for unauthorise d use of electricity – Writ Petition – During the pendency of th e writ petition, final assessment order was passed against the respo ndent no.2, however, same

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