Supreme Court of India

Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited & Anr. v. M/s Srigdhaa Beverages

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Reported as [2020] 4 S.C.R. 295
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K. M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 1 June 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid legal position, which has emer ged, we are of the view that the impugned orders cannot be sustain ed and are accordingly set aside while opining that appellant N o.1 would be well within its right to demand the arrears due of the last owner, from the respondent-purchaser.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Electricity: Electricity dues – Liability of auction purchaser to pay electricity dues of previous owner of purchased uni t – In the instant case, auction notice clearly stated that the unit was being sold on ‘as is where is, what is there is and without any recourse’ basis and that the Authorised Officer carrying out the auction absolved himself of the liability for any charge, lien, enc umbrance, property tax dues and electricity dues etc. – Aucti on purchaser applied to appellant-Electricity Department for san ction of connection for running the unit which was refused on the ground that

Where later benches applied it

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