Railways Act

Harita Sunil Parab, a practising advocate in Mumbai, filed FIRs in Delhi and Ghaziabad alleging offences under various IPC sections and later sought to have those cases transferred to Mumbai, claiming threats from the accused, fear of a biased investigation and personal inconvenience. The Supreme Court examined whether…

The Municipal Corporation of Amritsar issued notices demanding "service charges" from the Posts & Telegraphs Department for water, lighting, drainage and road services to its buildings. The department contended that, as property of the Union, it was exempt from any tax under Article 285(1) of the Constitution. The corp…

The Ranchi Municipal Corporation demanded Rs 1,01,501 as service charges from the Railways for the years 1993‑94 and 1994‑95. The Union of India challenged the demand, and the Patna High Court upheld it. On appeal, the Supreme Court examined whether the municipality could levy such charges under Section 135 of the Rail…

The Marwar Tent Factory supplied 1,500 tents to the Defence Services under a contract that stipulated delivery F.O.R. Jodhpur. After dispatching the consignment by rail, the Commandant of the C.O.D. at Kanpur claimed that 224 tents were missing and deducted their price from the amount due. The factory sued for the pric…

The appellant, a long‑time supplier of fresh milk, submitted the lowest bid in a tender issued by the Military Farms for fresh buffalo or cow milk. The authority instead awarded the contract to a government agency that had submitted a higher bid for pasteurised milk and also gave it a 10% price preference, contrary to …

Lakshmi Bangle Stores booked a railway wagon in June 1964, declaring the value of the consigned glass bangles as Rs.25,000. The wagon was involved in an accident on June 22, 1964 and the goods were delivered after an open assessment on September 4, 1964, revealing that more than half were damaged. The appellant claimed…

The Railway Rates Tribunal declared the freight rates charged by the Union of India unreasonable. The Union filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court, which was eventually dismissed after an interim order. The respondents then filed writ petitions and suits for refund of excess freight charges. The Unio…