Judgment

SUBBA RAO, J. : This appeal raises the question of construction of the expression "telegraph line" in S. 34(2)(b) of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 (Act 9 of 1910), (hereinafter called the Act).

2. The first respondent, Laxmi Narayan Chopra, carries on business as motor coach builder under the name and style of "Chopra Motors having his factory at 139, Regent Park, Tollygunge in the suburbs of Calcutta. In the said factory a number of "Universal Electric Motors" are operated for the purpose of working electric drills. Within a distance of 100 feet of the said factory, there is a Post and Telegraph Wireless Station, which besides functioning as a coast station communicating with ships at sea, handles public messages in large volume from Darjeeling, Shillong, Gauhati, Agartala and New Delhi. In or about April, 1953, severe electrical interference was observed in the said station and experts attributed the same to local induction from the first respondent s factory. On October 13, 1953, the Senior Electric Inspector issued a notice to the first respondent to show cause in writing as to why an order under S. 34(2)(b) of the Act, read with notification No. 4193-COM dated Augu