https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288688 Terms and conditions of supply framed by an Electricity Board under section 49 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 were held to be statutory in character because they were issued under statutory power and applied uniformly, while individual consumer agreements merely recorded acceptance. Clause 39, dealing with malpractice, pilferage, provisional assessment, disconnection and appeal, was upheld as not ultra vires the 1948 Act or the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, since fraud and pilferage were outside the Electrical Inspector's confined jurisdiction. The clause also did not offend Article 14 because it provided inspection, notice, representation, adjudication, appeal and judicial review, and the regulatory measures were treated as reasonable safeguards against theft of electricity. en-us Wed, 01 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288688 Terms and conditions of supply framed by an Electricity Board under section 49 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 were held to be statutory in character because they were issued under statutory power and applied uniformly, while individual consumer agreements merely recorded acceptance. Clause 39, dealing with malpractice, pilferage, provisional assessment, disconnection and appeal, was upheld as not ultra vires the 1948 Act or the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, since fraud and pilferage were outside the Electrical Inspector's confined jurisdiction. The clause also did not offend Article 14 because it provided inspection, notice, representation, adjudication, appeal and judicial review, and the regulatory measures were treated as reasonable safeguards against theft of electricity. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 Apr 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288688