Railways Act 1989 Archives

RVNL is liable to be taxed at concessional rate of 12% GST, and not 18% for railway work contracts: Madras HC

After applying the definition of Railway as defined under the Railways Act, 1989, to the contract between the petitioner and RVNL, it would constitute that the work specified under the contract is the original work pertaining to railway for the purpose of the subject notification and thus, covered under Serial No. 3(v)(a) of the notification dated 28-06-2017 issued by Central Government.

Case Briefs High Courts

[Train Accidents] | “Injury sustained while deboarding from the wrong train cannot be termed as self-inflicted injury”: Bombay HC

Setting aside the decision of the Railway Claims Tribunal and awarding compensation to legal representatives of the deceased the Court stated that a rash and negligent act cannot be equated with a criminal act resulting in self-inflicted injury and held that the injury sustained by the deceased was an ‘untoward incident’ as under Section 123(c)(2) of the 1989 Act.

Law made Easy

Train Accidents: A Guide to Claim Compensation from Railways

Around 22 benches of the Railway claims Tribunal have been set up at different parts of the country to decide the application for compensation

Case Briefs Supreme Court

[Railway Compensation Claim] Mere absence of railway ticket on deceased does not negate them of being a bonafide passenger: SC

‘Passenger’ would include a person who has purchased a valid ticket for travelling by a train carrying passengers on any date or a valid platform ticket and becomes a victim of an untoward incident.

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Responsibility of Railways administration after termination of transit, under Railways Act, 1989: Compensation for damage of goods granted

Jharkhand High Court: The Bench of Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. allowed an appeal and set aside the order passed by Tribunal for