Case Law Analysis
|Punjab and Haryana High Court
Supply Code Interest is Lawful Compensation for Wrongful Withholding, Not Recoverable: Punjab & Haryana HC
The Punjab & Haryana High Court ruled that interest paid under the Electricity Supply Code 2014 constitutes lawful compensation for wrongful withholding of funds by a public utility. The court held that such interest cannot be recovered, even if the original order did not explicitly direct its payment, as it offsets the financial loss suffered by the petitioner due to delayed compliance.