Castron Technologies Ltd. vs Damodar Valley Corporation – Electricity Act – Theft

Electricity Act – Section 154 (5) – The Special Court gets jurisdiction to determine civil liability in the event it is found that the consumer or person concerned has committed theft of energy. In this case, the finding of the Court was that the charge of theft has not been established. Therefore, there were no occasion for the Special Court to make adjudication. (Para 3)

Electricity Act – Section 126 – Even if theft of electricity is not established in prosecution, there is always a power vesting in Section 126 of the 2003 Act to issue a demand for unauthoized user of energy. Therefore, acquittal in theft case will not prevent the authority from initiating proceedings under Section 126. (Para 2)