Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Electricity Act |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Act(s) Referred | Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963) Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003) |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Disposed Off |
Headnote | Electricity Act, 2003: s. 56(2) – Disconnection of supply in default of payment – Term ‘first due’ in s.56(2) – Meaning of – Commencement limitation period of two years, when – Held: Electricity charges would become “first due” only after the bill is issued to the consumer, even though the liability to pay may arise on the consumption of electricity – Period of limitation of two years would commence from the date on which the electricity charges became “first due” u/s. 56(2) – This provision restricts the right of the licensee company to disconnect electricity supply due to non- payment of dues by the consumer, unless such sum has been shown continuously to be recoverable as arrears of electricity supplied, in the bills raised for the past period – Furthermore, s. 56(2) does not preclude the licensee company from raising an additional or supplementary demand after the expiry of the limitation period u/s. 56(2) in the case of a mistake or bona fide error – However, licensee company cannot take recourse to the coercive measure of disconnection of electricity supply, for recovery of the additional demand – As per s. 17(1)(c) of the Limitation Act in case of a mistake, the limitation period begins to run from the date when the mistake is discovered for the first time – On facts, licensee company discovered the mistake of billing under wrong tariff Code on 18.03.2014 and raised an additional demand on 18.03.2014 for the period July, 2009 to September, 2011 – Limitation period of two years u/s. 56(2) had by then already expired – Period of limitation would commence from the date of discovery of the mistake – Licensee company may take recourse to any remedy available in law for recovery of the additional demand, but is barred from taking recourse to disconnection of supply of electricity u/s. 56(2) – Limitation Act, 1963 – s. 17(1)(c). |
Judge | Hon'ble Ms. Justice Indu Malhotra |
Neutral Citation | 2020 INSC 205 |
Petitioner | Assistant Engineer (d1), Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited & Anr. |
Respondent | Rahamatullah Khan Alias Rahamjulla |
SCR | [2020] 2 S.C.R. 929 |
Judgement Date | 2020-02-18 |
Case Number | 1672 |
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