Summary: (a) Specific Relief Act (I of 1877)-------S. 42---Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance (XVII of 2002), Ss. 11 & 12---Suit fordeclaration---Maintainability---Alternate remedy---Appreciation of evidence in civil andcriminal cases---Scope---Defendant a Natural Gas Supply Company had sued the plaintiff forcriminal liability of tampering with meter fixed by company---Contention of plaintiff was that hewas acquitted from the criminal case but his connection was not restored by the Company---Suitwas decreed concurrently---Validity---Company sued the plaintiff initially for a criminalliability---Plaintiff approached the civil court for redressal of his grievance on finalization ofcriminal proceedings---Facts of criminal case and acquittal recorded in favour of plaintiff(respondent) were in the knowledge of courts below---Both the courts below relied upon thefindings recorded in the criminal case---Undue weight was given to the fact that prosecutioncould not establish its case which resulted in acquittal of the plaintiff---Both the courts belowhad erred in law---Standard of appreciation of evidence in criminal and civil cases was different---Accused was presumed to be innocent in criminal cases unless his guilt was proved beyond anyshadow of doubt---Court had to reach at the basis of the matter in civil case and for its minorcontradictions or omissions had to be ignored---Evidence recorded in one case could not be readin another case unless the same was produced and exhibited in accordance with the rules of evidence---Person had to establish his case when he had approached a court to establish his civilliability independently on the basis of evidence produced during course of trial of respectivecase---Each case had to be decided on its own merit---Basic principle had been ignored by boththe courts below while dealing with the present case---Dispute was between a consumer and alicensee of natural gas---Matter was to be governed by the Oil and Gas Regulatory AuthorityOrdinance, 2002---Alternate remedy was available to the plaintiff as consumer of Natural Gasagainst the Company but he avoided the same---Plaintiff was consumer of Natural Gas and wasin contract with the Company (petitioner) for supply of gas for domestic use---Meter wasinstalled on the premises which was removed and connection was disconnected on the allegationof tampering---Statute had provided a proper procedure for resolution of dispute between aconsumer and a licensee---Provisions of law and Regulation had to be adhered to by the parties---Plaintiff was bound to set into motion the relevant provisions and to avail the provided remedybut he directly approached a court of civil jurisdiction which was an error---Alternate remedyprovided by law and Regulations had to be availed first while civil suit would be the last resort---Civil suit was not maintainable in presence of Regulations without availing of the remedyprovided therein for redressal of the grievances of a consumer against a licensee---Impugnedjudgments and decrees passed by the courts below were set aside and suit was dismissed beingnot maintainable---Revision was accepted in circumstances.(b) Administration of justice------Each case had to be decided on its own merit.

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