SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYYA
West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
Sukanta Kumar Singhas – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J. - The present Review Application has been filed by the writ petitioner/West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) in respect of an order dated February 4, 2022 passed in W.P.A. No.868 of 2022. By the said order, an order of the Ombudsman had been modified to the extent that the compensation/damages payable by the WBSEDCL to the respondent no.1-consumer was fixed at Rs.6,07,000/- which was to be paid by the distribution licensee within March 4, 2022. The Ombudsman, it may be noted, had granted twenty per cent of the said amount as compensation.
2. At the outset, learned counsel for the respondent no.1 opposes the review application on the ground that the same is not maintainable in law. Learned counsel cites Union of India Vs. Sandur Manganese and Iron Ores Limited and others, reported at (2013) 8 SCC 337, where it was held that mere disagreement with a view of the judgment cannot be a ground for invoking review jurisdiction. As long as the point is already dealt with and answered, parties are not entitled to challenge the same in the guise that an alternative view is possible under review jurisdiction. In review applicat
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