The Allahabad High Court has directed the North Eastern Railway to provide an electricity connection within 30 days to the son of a temple Mahant living in a Railway Colony at Ballia, holding that electricity is an indispensable part of the right to life under Article 21 and that he had been forced to live without it for over a decade.
A UP distribution company demanded over Rs 57 lakh in minimum consumption charges in 2007 for an additional load it had offered, but never released, back in 1998. The Supreme Court dismissed the discom’s appeal, holding that electricity charges become ‘first due’ only when a bill is issued, and that a demand raised nine years later was barred by limitation.
The Delhi High Court ruled that fees collected by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) for electricity supply licenses and regulatory duties are exempt from GST. The Court clarified that these commissions, as quasi-judicial tribunals, perform statutory functions under the Electricity Act, 2003, and their activities do not qualify as taxable services under GST laws.
The Bombay High Court Today (Dec 16) dismissed a writ petition challenging the contract awarded to Adani Transmission for the supply of renewable and thermal power electricity in the state of Maharashtra. A division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Devendra Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar was hearing a petition filed by Shriraj Nageshwar Aepurwar challenging the 6600 MW contract awarded to Adani.