Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Anr. v. Darshan Singh
Case brief
What is this about?
RSA-657-2022 (O&M), High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decided 12.11.2025 by Justice Alka Sarin (oral). Appellants: Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam & Anr. (defendants; counsel Madhur Singh); Respondent: Darshan Singh (plaintiff; counsel Deepak Choudhary). Impugned: First Appellate Court judgment/decree dismissing defendants' appeal and affirming Trial Court decree for the plaintiff. Key point: bar of civil court jurisdiction under Section 145 of the Electricity Act, 2003, as already decided by the Division Bench in Mahesh Kumar v. Sub Divisional Officer & Anr., RSA-4181-2016 (14.05.2025). Result: appeal allowed, suit dismissed on the ground of jurisdiction; plaintiff given liberty to pursue remedies available in law; prior evidence/observations declared not to operate as res judicata; pending applications disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed; suit of the plaintiff-respondent dismissed on the ground of jurisdiction (civil court jurisdiction barred in view of Section 145, Electricity Act, 2003); plaintiff-respondent granted liberty to avail the remedies as available in law; evidence recorded and observations made in the impugned judgments and decrees not to operate as res judicata in subsequent proceedings; pending applications, if any, disposed of.