{"id":210447,"date":"2002-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-02-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/karnataka-electricity-board-now-vs-dr-m-s-shankar-bhat-on-11-february-2002"},"modified":"2018-12-27T21:02:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T15:32:01","slug":"karnataka-electricity-board-now-vs-dr-m-s-shankar-bhat-on-11-february-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/karnataka-electricity-board-now-vs-dr-m-s-shankar-bhat-on-11-february-2002","title":{"rendered":"Karnataka Electricity Board, Now &#8230; vs Dr. M.S. Shankar Bhat on 11 February, 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">National Consumer Disputes Redressal<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Karnataka Electricity Board, Now &#8230; vs Dr. M.S. Shankar Bhat on 11 February, 2002<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>D.P. Wadhwa, J. (President)<\/p>\n<p> 1. Karnataka State Electricity Board was the opposite party before the<br \/>\nDistrict Forum and is now petitioner before us.\n<\/p>\n<p> 2. Complainant-respondent is a medical practioner. His complaint was of<br \/>\nthe excessive electricity bills where he said rate applicable should have been LT3(b) and<br \/>\nnot LT2(a) as the petitioner had wrongly charged him of supply of electricity at LT3(a)<br \/>\nrates District Forum on the material on record allowed the complaint and directed that<br \/>\nthe excessive amount of electricity bill of Rs. 21,225.70 be refunded to the complainant-<br \/>\nrespondent with interest @ 12% per annum. He was also awarded compensation of<br \/>\nRs. 1000\/- and cost amounting to Rs. 500\/-. Petitioner went in appeal before the State<br \/>\nCommission. The only ground taken was that complaint was barred by limitation. This<br \/>\nwas not accepted by the State Commission and the appeal was dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p> 3. Aggrieved, petitioner-opposite party has come before us. We do not find it<br \/>\nis a fit case for us to exercise our jurisdiction under Clause (b) of Section 21 of the<br \/>\nConsumer Protection Act, 1986. This revision petition is dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Consumer Disputes Redressal Karnataka Electricity Board, Now &#8230; vs Dr. M.S. Shankar Bhat on 11 February, 2002 JUDGMENT D.P. Wadhwa, J. (President) 1. Karnataka State Electricity Board was the opposite party before the District Forum and is now petitioner before us. 2. Complainant-respondent is a medical practioner. 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