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The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Gwalior on 24 September directed an electricity connection within seven days for a woman occupying part of a disputed family property. Section 43 of the Electricity Act protects an “occupier”, and the distribution company need not decide title or partition disputes. The Court held that electricity is an essential utility within Article 21 while the petitioner remains in possession, subject to her completing the applicable formalities.
Judge / Bench — Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke.
Advocates appearing — For the petitioner — Arshad Ali M. Haque. For the State — Shiraz Qureshi, Government Advocate. For respondents 2 and 3 — Prateek Kulshrestha. For respondent 5 — Himanshi Pathak.
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