Court : Jharkhand
..... international airport authority of india and ..... this court equally pointed out in other cases that when the state s power as economic power and economic entrepreneur and allocator of economic benefits is subject to the limitations of fundamental rights, a private corporation under the functional control of the state engaged in an activity hazardous to the health and safety of the community, is imbued with public interest which the state ultimately proposes to regulate -26- exclusively on ..... to definition and for the purposes of the present case, the definition of a board as in section 2(7), a distribution licencee as in section 2(17) and franchisee as in section 2(27) are quoted hereinbelow:2.7) board means a state electricity board, constituted before the commencement of this act, under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the electricity (supply) act, 1948 (54 of 1948); 2(17) distribution licensee means a licensee authorised to operate and maintain a distribution system for supplying electricity to the consumers in his area of supply; 2(27) franchisee means a person authorised by a ..... thereafter referred to article 5.6.5(b) and (c) which is with respect to consumer complaint handling and consumer services and the entire consumer complaint handling procedure on approval by the jharkhand state electricity regulatory commission had to be complied with by the distribution franchisee. ..... income tax, central i and -10- another reported in (2008) 14 scc151 in the case of gorkha security services .....
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..... international airport authority of india and others (supra) that, the role inhibiting arbitrary action by government must apply equally where such action is dealing with the public, whether by way of giving electricity or entering into contracts or otherwise and it cannot act arbitrarily and enter into relationship ..... effectively as if instead of the company the state of west bengal had been named therein or had been a party thereto:" under the said section, with effect from the appointed day and for a period of five years thereafter, the management of the company shall stand transferred to the ..... have a freedom of contract and in certain measures "free play in the joints" is necessary for administrative functioning, but the decision so taken is subject to be tested by the application of "wednesbury principles of reasonableness" ..... act was to consolidate the law relating to generation, transmission, distribution, trading and use of electricity and generally for taking measures conducive to development of electricity industry, promoting competition therein, protecting interest of consumers and supply of electricity to all areas, rationalization of electricity tariff, ensuring transparent policies regarding subsidies, promotion of efficient and environmentally benign policies, constitution of central electricity authority, regulatory ..... reduced capex and operating expenses, increase in revenue, improvement in industrial and other economic activity and improved customer satisfaction. ..... 2008 .....
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