https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295384 Section 49B of the Electricity (Supply) West Bengal Amendment Act, 1994 was held not to operate retrospectively to impose on a purchaser liability for the former consumer's pre-existing electricity dues, because the amendment created a new substantive burden and no clear retrospective intention was shown. The Court also held that alleged past dues could not be used as a condition precedent for a fresh or regularised electricity connection, since the recovery mechanism did not authorise denial of supply on that basis. The existing supply was directed to stand as a regularised connection in the purchaser's name, with payments already made to be adjusted. en-us Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:10:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295384 Section 49B of the Electricity (Supply) West Bengal Amendment Act, 1994 was held not to operate retrospectively to impose on a purchaser liability for the former consumer's pre-existing electricity dues, because the amendment created a new substantive burden and no clear retrospective intention was shown. The Court also held that alleged past dues could not be used as a condition precedent for a fresh or regularised electricity connection, since the recovery mechanism did not authorise denial of supply on that basis. The existing supply was directed to stand as a regularised connection in the purchaser's name, with payments already made to be adjusted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295384