LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) has rejected the petitions against capacity charges and tariff in electricity bills declaring them non-maintainable. Justice Ahmad Nadeem Arshid of LHC issued 6-page decision on the petition of Ashba Kamran. It was maintained in the decision that policy making in energy sector is mandate of parliament and government and not of judiciary. According to decision court cannot act as an appellate forum for economic, financial or regulatory policies . There is no justification in filing constitutional petition on mere disagreement with some policy nor can the court play the role of regulator, auditor or expert in economy. DNA
