Can a pending family dispute over title keep a household without power? The Madhya Pradesh High Court says no: an occupier entitled to electricity connection under Section 43 of the Electricity Act, 2003 cannot be refused supply merely because title to the premises is in dispute. Gwalior: Allowing a writ petition, the Madhya Pradesh High […]
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.
The Delhi High Court held that access to electricity is a fundamental right under Article 21 and cannot be denied to a person in lawful possession of a property. The Court ordered BSES to restore power without insisting on a landlord’s NOC despite a pending tenancy dispute.
