Clarification on electricity billing for an advocate office.
Ksreddyacs
(Querist) 01 October 2013
This query is : Resolved
Dear All professional collegues i am an advocate and running an office in my residential apartment flat. one day electrical department person visted office and noted all systems switches and plugs and issued a demand notice for unauthorised usage. I heared that supreme court judgement is there for the same. guide me pls.
Anirudh
(Expert) 01 October 2013
Pl. see M.P.Electricity Board vs. Shiv Narayan (2005) 7 SCC 283. In this case the SC came to the conclusion that the lawyer's office is not a commercial establishment. However, in view of the decision in NDMC vs. Sohan Lal Sachdev (2000) 2 SCC 494 which held otherwise (and which decision the Bench doubted), the matter was referred to the Chief Justice of India for referring the matter to larger bench.
However, no further details are available - as to whether the LB was constituted and if so the outcome thereof.
Sarvesh Kumar Sharma Advocate
(Expert) 01 October 2013
Friend, entire procedure is illegal Challenge it before high court !and then file defamation case. And@@@
Sarvesh Kumar Sharma Advocate
(Expert) 01 October 2013
Friend, entire procedure is illegal Challenge it before high court !and then file defamation case. And@@@
Anirudh
(Expert) 04 October 2013
Dear Mr. Sarvesh,
It is quite easy to say that entire procedure (I am not sure what procedure that you are talking about here) is illegal.
Please support your view with any decision of the Court. Without that, what you say does not carry any weight at all.
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 04 October 2013
While agreeing with comments advanced by Mr.Anirudh,the querist has said" noted all systems switches and plugs and issued a demand notice for unauthorised usage."
SO IT MIGHT BE A CASE OF USING LOAD MORE THAN IN THE AGREEMENT AND THEN THERE IS NO WRONG ON ED part.
