P&H: Dismisses Second Appeal Seeking To Restrain PSPCL From Disconnecting Tube-Well Power Supply

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 14 May 2026
Headnotes

Specific Relief Act, 1963, Sections 38, 41 — Permanent injunction to restrain disconnection of electricity supply — Requirement to establish an existing enforceable right and real, imminent threat — Plaintiff failed to prove any memo or notice of demand, any attempt by defendants to disconnect,...

Specific Relief Act, 1963, Sections 38, 41 — Permanent injunction to restrain disconnection of electricity supply — Plaintiff failed to establish that the tube-well electricity connections stood in his name, produced no electricity bills or transfer documents - Absent proof of entitlement nor any threat...


Facts of the Case

P&H: Dismisses Second Appeal Seeking To Restrain PSPCL From Disconnecting Tube-Well Power Supply

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a Regular Second Appeal filed by a farmer seeking a permanent injunction to restrain Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) from disconnecting two tube-well electricity connections. Justice Nidhi Gupta delivered the judgment on May 14, 2026, in RSA-2201-2024.

The appellant, Sukhwinder Singh, had sued for a permanent injunction claiming that PSPCL officials threatened to disconnect the supply to two tube-well connections installed on land inherited from his grandfather. The Trial Court dismissed the suit in 2019, and the First Appellate Court affirmed that decision in March 2024, prompting the second appeal.

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