Supreme Court of India

Tukaram S/o Sadashiv Chaudhari v. The Executive Engineer, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. & Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 5 S.C.R. 765
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 8 April 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the appellant has suffered hardship and inconvenience as a result of an unexplained delay of one decade on the part of the respondent(s) in granting an electricity connection.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – Appellant, an agricul turist held agricultural land – For a bore well to be dug on the land, appellant applied for electricity connection to the respondent on 26 Dec. 1996 and deposited the requisite charges – Respondent raised bill for consumption charges between 30 Sep. 20 05 and 31 Dec. 2005 – Appellant filed complaint before Distri ct Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission claiming that no elec tricity connection had been installed– Complaint allowed– State Consume r Disputes Redressal Commission reversed the order – National Consumer Disputes Redressal

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