Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
---|---|
e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Electricity Act 2003: ss. 84 and 86 |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Act(s) Referred | Electricity (supply) Act, 1948 (54 of 1948) Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998 (14 of 1998) Indian Electricity Act, 1910 (9 of 1910) Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003) |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4 Referred Case 5 Referred Case 6 Referred Case 7 Referred Case 8 Referred Case 9 Referred Case 10 Referred Case 11 Referred Case 12 Referred Case 13 Referred Case 14 Referred Case 15 Referred Case 16 Referred Case 17 Referred Case 18 Referred Case 19 Referred Case 20 Referred Case 21 Referred Case 22 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Case Disposed Off |
Headnote | Electricity Act 2003: ss. 84 and 86 – Appointment ofChairperson of Central and State Regulatory Commissions –Whether mandatory to have a judicial mind presiding over theseCommissions in the form of a Judge – Held: Section 84(2) is onlyan enabl ing provision to appoint a High Court Judge as aChairperson of the State Commission – It is not mandatory to appointa High Court Judge as a Chairperson of the State Commission –However, it is mandatory that there should be a person of law as aMember of the Commission – Such member should be a personholding a judicial office or is a person possessing professionalqualifications with substantial experience in the practice of law,who has the requisite qualifications to have been appointed as aJudge of the High Court or a District Judge – This is so becausethe State Commission have adjudicatory function and has trappingsof the court – On facts, challenge to the appointment of theChairman and Member of the Tamil Nadu State Commission isrejected as also the suo moto proceedings carried out by theCommission.ss. 84 and 86 – Qualifications for appointment of Chairpersonand Members of State Commission – Constitution of SelectionCommittee to select Members of State Commission – Explained.Interpretation of Statutes: Statutory construction – Goldenrule and literal rule of – Held: Both the golden rule and the literalrule of statutory construction are well established that a statutemust be read as it is framed by the legislature – It is not the functionof the Court to supplant or read into the statute something which isnot provided – Courts may ascertain the real intention of thelegislature by carefully attending to the whole scope of the statute. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul |
Neutral Citation | 2018 INSC 329 |
Petitioner | State Of Gujarat & Ors. |
Respondent | Utility Users’ Welfare Association & Ors. |
SCR | [2018] 9 S.C.R. 106 |
Judgement Date | 2018-04-12 |
Case Number | 14697 |
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources which is not just a repository with search/browse facilities but provides a host of services for the learner community. It is sponsored and mentored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find the right resource with least effort and in minimum time. NDLI provides user group-specific services such as Examination Preparatory for School and College students and job aspirants. Services for Researchers and general learners are also provided. NDLI is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for 10 most widely used Indian languages. It is built to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is designed to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. It is developed, operated and maintained from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Learn more about this project from here.
NDLI is a conglomeration of freely available or institutionally contributed or donated or publisher managed contents. Almost all these contents are hosted and accessed from respective sources. The responsibility for authenticity, relevance, completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability of these contents rests with the respective organization and NDLI has no responsibility or liability for these. Every effort is made to keep the NDLI portal up and running smoothly unless there are some unavoidable technical issues.
Ministry of Education, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), has sponsored and funded the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project.
Sl. | Authority | Responsibilities | Communication Details |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education |
Sanctioning Authority | https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives |
2 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project | https://www.iitkgp.ac.in |
3 | National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project | Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in |
4 | Project PI / Joint PI | Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project |
Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon |
5 | Website/Portal (Helpdesk) | Queries regarding NDLI and its services | support@ndl.gov.in |
6 | Contents and Copyright Issues | Queries related to content curation and copyright issues | content@ndl.gov.in |
7 | National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club) | Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach | clubsupport@ndl.gov.in |
8 | Digital Preservation Centre (DPC) | Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books | dpc@ndl.gov.in |
9 | IDR Setup or Support | Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops | idr@ndl.gov.in |