https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295780 A dispute over electricity supply in tenanted premises raised whether a civil suit for declaration and injunction was maintainable. The High Court noted that, under the statutory scheme governing accommodation control and electricity supply, the occupant could not assert an independent right to electricity connection without the owner's consent, especially where tenant status had already been negatived by the Rent Controlling Authority. It also relied on the plaintiff's concealment of material facts, including the pending tenancy dispute, applying the clean hands principle. On that basis, the court treated the jurisdictional objection as capable of being decided at the threshold and held the civil court lacked jurisdiction to grant the relief claimed. en-us Wed, 17 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 19 Jun 2021 16:01:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295780 A dispute over electricity supply in tenanted premises raised whether a civil suit for declaration and injunction was maintainable. The High Court noted that, under the statutory scheme governing accommodation control and electricity supply, the occupant could not assert an independent right to electricity connection without the owner's consent, especially where tenant status had already been negatived by the Rent Controlling Authority. It also relied on the plaintiff's concealment of material facts, including the pending tenancy dispute, applying the clean hands principle. On that basis, the court treated the jurisdictional objection as capable of being decided at the threshold and held the civil court lacked jurisdiction to grant the relief claimed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 17 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295780