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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Electricity Act, 2003 Section 57

Standards of Performance of Licensee

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Electricity Act, 2003 Section 57 is part of Electricity Act, 2003 - Standards of Performance of Licensee. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The Appropriate Commission may, after consultation with the licensees and persons likely to be affected, specify standards of performance of a licensee or a class of licensees.

(2) If a licensee fails to meet the standards specified under sub-section (1), without prejudice to any penalty which may be imposed or prosecution be initiated, he shall be liable to pay such compensation to the person affected as may be determined by the Appropriate Commission:

PROVIDED that before determination of compensation, the concerned licensee shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

(3) The compensation determined under sub-section (2) shall be paid by the concerned licensee within ninety days of such determination.

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Section Section 57 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (Standards of Performance of Licensee) is reproduced on this page as part of the Electricity Act, 2003. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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