✦ Supreme Court of India

KUSUMAM HOTELS (P) LTD v. KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD & Ors.

Case at a glance

Outcome

Allowed

The appeals are allowed with costs

Judgment

Lohia Machines Ltd. and Anr. v. Union of India (UOI) and Ors. [(1985) 2 SCR 686]; M/s. Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys Ltd. &Anr. v. State ofOrissa & Ors. [(1987) 3SCC189]; South- em Petrochemical Industries Co. Ltd. v. Electricity Inspector & Etio & Ors. [(2007) 5 SCC 447]; LML Ltd. v. State of UP & Ors. [2007 (14) SCALE 469]; UP Power Corporation Ltd & Anr. v. Sant Steel & Alloys (P) Ltd. & Ors. [2007 (14) SCALE 36]; State of Orissa & Ors. V Mangalam Timber Products Ltd. [(2004) 1 SCC 139]; Motila/ Padampat Sugar Mills v. State of U.P. [(1979) 2 SCR 641; Union of India v. Godfrey Philips In- c dia Ltd. Ltd. [(1985) 4 SCC 369]; Shrijee Sa/es Corporation & Anr. v. Union of India [(1997) 3 SCC 398]; Sa/es Tax Officer & Anr. v. Shree Durga Oil Mills & Anr. [(1998) 1 SCC 572] and Ramchandra Murari/al Bhattad & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. [(2007) 2 sec 588]- relied on . B D

Questions this judgment answers

What did the Court decide in this case?

The Court recorded the following disposition: The appeals are allowed with costs

Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?

Constitution of India — art. 14; Electricity Act, 2003 — ss. 56, 185; Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948; Kerala Buildings Tax Act, 1975; Customs Act, 1962 — s. 25.

Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case

No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.

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