Public Utility
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Public utility, means usefulness but it is often used to refer to a corporation that performs a public service. Hence rail, roads, airlines, bus lines, gas and electricity corporation are known as public utilities. Public utilities also means public purpose depending upon the context in which it is used in a statute, rules or regulations, Earth Builders v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1997 Bom 148
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