Title : Opening of Railways
State : Central
Year : 1989
No railway shall be opened for the public carriage of passengers until the Central Government has, by order, sanctioned the opening thereof for that purpose. Section 22 - Formalities to be complied with before giving sanction to the opening of a railway (1) The Central Government shall, before giving its sanction to the opening of a railway under section 21, obtain a report from the Commissioner that-- (a) he has made a careful inspection of the railway and the rolling stock that may be used thereon; (b) the moving and fixed dimensions as laid down by the Central Government have not been infringed; (c) the structure of lines of rails, strength of bridges, general structural character of the works and the size of, and maximum gross load upon, the axles of any rolling stock,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Carriage of Passengers
State : Central
Year : 1989
(1) Every railway administration shall cause to be pasted in a conspicuous and accessible place at every station in Hindi and English and also in the regional language commonly in use in the area where the station is situated,-- (i) a table of times of arrival and departure of trains which carry passengers and stop at that station, and (ii) list of fares from such station to such other stations as it may consider necessary. (2) At every station where tickets are issued to passengers, a copy of the time table in force shall be kept in the office of the station master. Section 50 - Supply of tickets on payment of fare (1)Any person desirous of travelling on a railway shall, upon payment of the fare,be supplied with a ticket by a railway servant or an agent authorised in..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Accidents
State : Central
Year : 1989
(1)Where, in the course of working a railway,-- (a)any accident attended with loss of anyhuman life, or with grievous hurt, as defined in the Indian Penal Code (45 of1860), or with such serious injury to property as may be prescribed; or (b)any collision between trains of whichone is a train carrying passengers; or (c)the derailment of any train carryingpassengers, or of any part of such train; or (d)any accident of a description usuallyattended with loss of human life or with such grievous hurt as aforesaid or withserious injury to property; or (e)any accident of any other descriptionwhich the Central Government may notify in this behalf in the Official Gazette, occurs,the station master of the station nearest to the place at which the accidentoccurs or where there is no..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Fixation of Rates
State : Central
Year : 1989
(1) The Central Government may, from time to time, by general or special order fix, for the carriage of passengers and goods, rates for the whole or any part of the railway and different rates may be fixed for different classes of goods and specify in such order the conditions subject to which such rates shall apply. (2) The Central Government may, by a like order, fix the rates of any other charges incidental to or connected with such carriage including demurrage and wharfage for the whole or any part of the railway and specify in the order the conditions subject to which such rates shall apply. Section 31 - Power to classify commodities or alter rates The Central Government shall have power to-- (a) classify or re-classify any commodity for the purpose of determining the rates..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Miscellaneous
State : Central
Year : 1989
(1) A railway administration may, for the purpose of facilitating the carriage of passengers or goods or to provide integrated service for such carriage, provide any other mode of transport. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the provisions of this Act shall apply to the carriage of passengers or goods by the mode of transport referred to in sub-section (1). Section 184 - Taxation on railways by local authorities (1)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law, a railwayadministration shall not be liable to pay any tax in aid of the funds of anylocal authority unless the Central Government, by notification, declares therailway administration to be liable to pay the tax specified in suchnotification. ..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Railway Administrations
State : Central
Year : 1989
(1) The Central Government may, for the purpose of the efficient administration of the Government railways, by notification, constitute such railways into as many Zonal Railways as it may deem fit and specify in such notification the names and headquarters of such Zonal Railways and the areas in respect of which they shall exercise jurisdiction. (2) The Zonal Railway existing immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be Zonal Railways constituted under sub-section (1). (3) The Central Government may, by notification, declare any unit of the railways engaged in research, development, designing, construction or production of rolling stock, its parts or other equipment used on a railway, to be a Zonal Railway. (4) The Central Government may, by notification,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Railway Rates Tribunal
State : Central
Year : 1989
(1)There shall be a Tribunal, to be called the Railway Rates Tribunal, for thepurpose of discharging the functions specified in this Chapter. (2)The Tribunal shall consist of aChairman and two other members to be appointed by the Central Government. (3)A person shall not be qualified forappointment as the Chairman of the Tribunal unless he is, or has been, a Judgeof the Supreme Court or of a High Court and of the other two members, one shallbe a person, who, in the opinion of the Central Government, has specialknowledge of the commercial, industrial or economic conditions of the country,and the other shall be a person, who, in the opinion of the Central Government,has special knowledge and experience of the commercial working of the railways. (4)The Chairman and the other members..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Regulation of Hours of Work and Period of Rest
State : Central
Year : 1989
Inthis Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a)theemployment of a railway servant is said to be "continuous" except whenit is excluded or has been declared to be essentially intermittent or intensive; (b)theemployment of a railway servant is said to be "essentiallyintermittent" when it has been declared to be so by the prescribedauthority on the ground that the daily hours of duty of the railway servantnormally include periods of inaction aggregating to fifty percent, or more(including at least one such period of not less than one hour or two suchperiods of not less than half an hour each) in a tour of twelve hours duty (onthe average over seventy-two consecutive hours), during which the railwayservant may be on duty, but is not called upon to display either..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Construction and Maintenance of Works
State : Central
Year : 1989
Not withstanding any thing contained in anyother law for the time being in force, but subject to the provisions of thisAct and the provisions of any law for the acquisition of land for a publicpurpose or for companies, and subject also, in the case of a non-Governmentrailway, to the provisions of any contract between the non-Government railwayand the Central Government, a railway administration may, for the purposes ofconstructing or maintaining a railway-- (a) make or construct in or upon, across,under or over any lands, or any streets, hills, valleys, roads, railway,tramways, or any rivers, canals, brooks, streams or other waters, or anydrains, water-pipes, gas-pipes, oil-pipes, sewers, electric supply lines, ortelegraph lines, such temporary or permanent inclined-planes, bridges,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Carriage of Goods
State : Central
Year : 1989
Every railway administration shall maintain, at each station and at such other places where goods are received for carriage, the rate-books or other documents which shall contain the rate authorised for the carriage of goods from one station to another and make them available for the reference of any person during all reasonable hours without payment of any fee. Section 62 - Conditions for receiving, etc., of goods (1) A railway administration may impose conditions, not inconsistent with this Act or any rules made thereunder, with respect to the receiving, forwarding, carrying or delivering of any goods. (2) A railway administration shall maintain, at each station and at such other places where goods are received for carriage, a copy of the conditions for the time being in force..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section