In a landmark judgement, a Division Bench of the Hon'ble High Court of Gujarat, while disposing of a group of LPAs starting with LPA No.1759 of 2010 in SCA No.12461/2009 & others - Manoramaben Kansara wd/o Balkrishna Kansara v/s Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited & ors - has held that complaints against assessment under section 126 for unauthorised use of electricity, and for theft under section 135 of, the Electricity Act 2003 cannot be maintainable before the Consumer Fora consituted under the Consumer Protection Act 1986 in the absence of any provisions for the same therein. The entire text of the judgement is available in the "JUDGEMENT" section of this Network.
