New Delhi: SC on Tuesday pays attention to the absence of a justice forum under the Electricity Law for the adjudication of disputes related to supply, billing and penalties collected by distribution companies that create serious problems for rural populations after electrification and adding millions of new electricity consumers.
Although the problem will appear evenly for urban electricity consumers too, it is acute for rural people as bench CJI NV Ramana and judges because Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy found a strange case where the gram nyalaya (village court) did jurisdiction to cancel RS 63,487 request Throwed by Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd.
in Damdama Village residents in the SIsa District.
But the District Court and Punjab and Haryana HC simultaneously set aside the decree passed by the gram of nyallaya after noting that Section 145 of the Electricity Law prohibits jurisdiction of all civilian courts on distribution and electricity billing.
That question arises where consumers of electricity forum can carry out their maintenance complaints related to electricity supply and charges.
The bench said, “We have the view that the points raised in this special leave petition need the help of the Attorney General for India.
Remember the above, let the notice issued for AG.
List of things after three weeks.” The villagers said in the petition It, “according to the electricity law, 2003, the meter must be examined by checking the site whether consumers are involved in using electricity that does not participate.
If the meter is installed outside the place of consumers, then how consumers can watch the electricity meter every time.”