Dhbvnl and Another v. Kamal Singh
Case brief
What is this about?
Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam & Anr. v. Kamal Singh, RSA-453-2023(O&M) with XOBJS-7-2023(O&M), decided 12.11.2025 by Alka Sarin, J., High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. Key terms: Section 145, Electricity Act, 2003; bar of Civil Court jurisdiction; reliance on Division Bench ruling in Mahesh Kumar v. Sub Divisional Officer & Anr., RSA-4181-2016 (14.05.2025); appeal allowed; suit dismissed for want of jurisdiction; liberty to pursue other remedies; no res judicata effect of prior evidence/observations; cross objections disposed.
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed; suit of the plaintiff-respondent dismissed on the ground of jurisdiction; liberty reserved to the plaintiff-respondent to avail remedies as available in law; evidence/observations in the impugned judgments and decrees not to operate as res judicata; cross objections XOBJS-7-2023 and pending applications disposed of.