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Justice Orders Suspension of Residential Water Cuts for Six Months for Non-Payment
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Martina Forns, federal judge of San Martín, ordered this Thursday the National Government to suspend for six months the application of the DNU that allows cuts in the service of drinking water and sewage for lack of payment in residential homes. The measure, which gives rise to a precautionary measure of a consumer association ...
This Thursday, the court suspended the application of the decree issued by Javier Milei's government, which established the possibility of cutting off the drinking water supply in the event of non-payment. This precautionary measure was issued by the federal judge of San Martín, Martina Forns, in which she severely questioned the articles of decree 493/25 that allow for service cut-off. "It is abusive," she warned. For the judge, "it is inapprop…
The decision was taken by the federal judge of San Martín, Martina Forns, when she gave rise to a precautionary measure by a consumer association. San Martín federal judge, Martina Forns, today ordered the National Government to suspend for six months the application of the DNU that allows cuts in the supply of drinking water and sewage for lack of payment in residential homes, by giving rise to a precautionary measure by a consumer association.
The Federal Court of San Martín suspended DNU 493/2025 for six months, which authorized AySA to cut off the water supply due to non-payment, especially protecting children, older persons and persons with disabilities.
According to the judge, it is “undue to the cessation of the supply of drinking water when the late payment of the user is due to a situation of social vulnerability or in the case of persons who, because of their particular conditions, deserve special legal protection because they are in real impossibility of payment.” Therefore, she makes special reference to the protection of older adults and children and persons with disabilities, and theref…
The federal judge of San Martín, Martina Forns, today ordered the National Government to suspend for six months the application of the DNU that permits cuts in the supply of drinking water and sewage for non-payment in residential homes, as a result of a precautionary measure taken by a consumer association.
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