Electricity connection can't be denied to auction purchasers: SC

Settling a two decade-old dispute between power suppliers and auction purchasers of premises which have had past electricity dues, the Supreme Court has ruled that the new owners can't be denied electricity connection but are bound to make good the past dues which stood against the purchased property.A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justices Hima Kohli and P S Narasimha last week decided 19 cases, which had been pending adjudication for nearly two decades in the SC. The commonality that webbed the cases together was - supply of electricity was discontinued due to the failure of the previous owners to pay the dues for consumption of electricity on the premises.Elaborating on the facts before it, the bench noted - "The previous owner.....