(ET)
GC Murmu, lieutenant governor of Jammu & Kashmir, in consultation with the Jammu & Kashmir high court has empowered courts of principal district and sessions judges to try all electricity-related offences like power theft, theft of cables and material, and negligently damaging works. The central Electricity Act became applicable to the UT from October 31, 2019.
“In exercise of powers of sub-section (1) (2) and (3) of Section 153 of Electricity Act, the Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir in consultation with the common High Court of Jammu & Kashmir as special court for trial of offences under the aforesaid Act within their territorial jurisdiction,” the notification issued by the UT government recently said.
The notification would be deemed to have come into effect from October 31, 2019. Before the re-organisation of J&K, the state government had empowered judicial magistrates for trial of electricity-related offences under J&K Electricity Act, 2010.
