Supreme Court Allows Consumer Appeal in Electricity Billing Dispute, Interpreting Limitation Under Section 56 of Electricity Act, 2003. The court held that the two-year limitation period under Section 56(2) bars recovery of additional charges from the date the sum first became due, based on billing error, and remanded the case for fresh consideration....
The dispute arose when the appellant, a cotton yarn manufacturer in Panipat, Haryana, received a short assessment notice from the electricity distribution company (respondents) demanding additional ch...
