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Utility

Utility, means any person or entity engaged in the generation, transmission, sale, distribution or supply, as the case maybe, of energy. [Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998 (14 of 1998), s. 2 (l)]Means the electric lines or electrical plant, and includes all lands, buildings, works and materials attached thereto belonging to any person acting as a generating company or licensee under the provisions of this Act. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(75)]Means equipment or material used in providing such a service or commodity, Ware v. Public Serv. Co., 412 A. 2d 84 (1980).Means the electric lines or electrical plant, and includes all lands, buildings words and materials attached thereto belonging to any person acting as a generating company or license under the provisions of the Act, Electricity Act, 2003, s. 2(75); A.P. Gas Power Corporation Ltd. v. A.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission, AIR 2006 AP 13....


Supply

Supply, in relation to electricity, mean the sale of electricity to a licensee or consumer. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(70)]The amount of goods produced or available at a given price, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1453.The word 'supply' used in the charging s. 3 should, receive liberal interpretation to include sale or consumption of electricity as envisaged in Entry 53 of the State List of the Constitution of India, Indian Aluminum Co. v. State of Kerala, AIR 1996 SC 1431 (1437). [Kerala Electricity Surcharge Levy and Collection Act (22 of 1989), s. 3]Supply, in relation to electricity, means the sale of electricity to a licensee or consumer. [Electricity Act, 2003, s. 2(70)]Means supply of gas by means of pipelines but does not include distribution. [Gujarat Gas (Regulation of Transmission Supply and Distribution) Act, 2001, s. 2(t)]...


Inter-State transmission system

Inter-State transmission system, includes--(i) any system for the conveyance of electricity by means of main transmission line from the territory of one State to another State;(ii) the conveyance of electricity across the territory of an intervening State as well as conveyance within the State which is incidental to such inter-State transmission of electricity;(iii) the transmission of electricity within the territory of a State on a system built, owned, operated, maintained or controlled by a Central Transmission Utility. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(36)]The 'inter-State transmission system' means any system for transmission of electricity other than an inter-State transmission system. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(37)]...


Workmen's Compensation Act

Workmen's Compensation Act. (English) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, introduced the principle of compulsory insurance of workmen by employers in a restricted number of trades. The gist of a right to compensation under the Acts is 'accident arising out of and in the course of the employment' causing personal injury to a workman (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 [15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 1 (1)] The compensation is not damages for negligence or any other tort at common law or by statute (see COMPBELL (LORD) ACTS (Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908) and Employers Liability Act, 1880, sub tit. MASTER AND SERVANT), and an employer is not liable both for damages and compensation; but the workman or his representatives may elect between the remedies, and in an unsuccessful action for damages the Court may assess or refer the question of compensation to the proper tribunal, subject to an equitable order for costs (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, s. 25). Compensation is not payable for a...


Street

Street, as appearing in different provisions of the Punjab Municipal Act is to be read in the wider sense and not to be treated only as a lane. Parking place attached to road is also covered, Harpal Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1992 P&H 314. [Land Acquisition Act (1 of 1894), ss. 5A, 17; Punjab Municipal Act (3 of 1911), s. 58]Street, in the (English) Public Health Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 49), by s. 343, includes any highway, including a highway over any bridge, and any road, lane, footway, square, Court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not; and see A.G. v. Laird, 1925 C 318.Includes any way, road, lane, square, court, alley or passage in a cantonment, whether a thoroughfare or not and whether built upon or not, over which the public have a right-of-way and also the road-way or foot-way over any bridge or cause way. [Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924), s. 2(xxxvii)]Includes any way, road, lane, square, court, alley, passage or open space, whether a thoroughfare ...


Person

Person, a Hindu Undivided Family is a person, Kshetra Mohan-Sannyasi Charan Sadhukhan v. Commissioner of Excess Profit Tax, West Bengal, AIR 1953 SC 516.According to company law it does not mean an unregistered firm, Firm Pannaji v. Devichand Kapurchand, 99 IC 640.Person, does not include court, Kharka Gigabhai Mavji v. Soni Jagjivan Kanji, (1979) 20 Guj LR 256.Person, implies only an individual and does not bear scrutiny when construed in the case of a company, a firm of partners or an association of persons, J.K. Industries Ltd. v. Chief Inspector of Factories and Boilers, (1997) SCC (205) 1.Person, in an Act of Parliament passed after 1st January, 1890, includes 'any body of persons corporate or unincorporate' unless the contrary intention appears, Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 19. A corporation, such as a limited company, may be a 'respectable and responsible person' within the meaning of a covenant against assignment in a lease, Willmott v. London Road Car Co., (1910) 2 Ch 525. A c...


Electrical plant

Electrical plant, s. 2(22) 'electrical plant' means any plant, equipment, apparatus or appliance or any part thereof used for, or connected with, the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity but does not include:-(a) an electric line; or(b) a meter used for ascertaining the quantity of electricity supplied to any premises; or(c) an electrical equipment, apparatus or appliance under the control of a consumer. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(22)]...


Electric line

Electric line, 'electric line' means any line which is used for carrying electricity for any purpose and includes:-(a) any support for any such line, that is to say, any structure, tower, pole or other thing in, on, by or from which any such line is, or may be, supported, carried or suspended; and(b) any apparatus connected to any such line for the purpose of carrying electricity. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(20)]...


Electricity system

Electricity system, 'electricity system' means a sys-tem under the control of a generating company or licensee, as the case may be, having one or more:-(a) generating stations; or(b) transmission lines; or(c) electric lines and sub-stations,and when used in the context of a State or the Union, the entire electricity system within the territories thereof. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(25)]...


Service line

Service line, the transformer is not a part and parcel of the 'service line', AIR 1977 All 499 (502). [Electricity Act, 1910, s. 2(1)]Means any electric supply-line through which electricity is, or is intended to be, supplied, (a) to a single consumer either from a distributing main or immediately from the Distribution Licensee's premises; or (b) from a distributing main to a group of consumers on the same premises or on contiguous premises supplied from the same point of the distributing main. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(61)]...


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