LAW FOR ALL

Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory commission and Electricity Act 2004 and 2004- Vs- Old statutory agreements between board and consumers before the new Act - power to fix tariff - has gone to separate and independent Board and as such previous tariff fixed earlier under agreements before the commencement of New Act - the statutory agreements entered into earlier were saved, the agreement in question stands replaced by 2004 Tariff Schedule- Apex court held that the High court and DB of High court rightly allowed the writ petitions holding that the Electricity board has no right to issue demand charges basing on old agreements on consumers = Jharkhand State Elect.Board & Ors. ……Appellants Vs. M/s. Laxmi Business & Cement Co.P. Ltd. & Anr. . …Respondents = 2014(Feb.Part) judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41277