law: Electricity Act, 2003
  94. Powers of
  
  Appropriate Commission.-
  1.     
  
    The
  
  Appropriate Commission shall, for the purposes of any inquiry or proceedings
  
  under this Act, have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the
  
  Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) in respect of the following matters,
  
  namely:--
  a.      summoning and
  
  enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
  b.     discovery and
  
  production of any document or other material object producible as evidence;
  c.      receiving evidence on
  
  affidavits;
  d.     requisitioning of any
  
  public record;
  e.      issuing commission
  
  for the examination of witnesses;
  f.      reviewing its
  
  decisions, directions and orders;
  g.     any other matter
  
  which may be prescribed.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Appropriate Commission shall have the powers to pass such interim order in any
  
  proceeding, hearing or matter before the Appropriate Commission, as that
  
  Commission may consider appropriate.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  Appropriate Commission may authorise any person, as it deems fit, to represent
  
  the interest of the consumers in the proceedings before it.