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Feb 11 2009 (HC)

interlink Coal Private Limited, a Company Incorporated Under the India ...

Court : Patna

..... the second case, as the case may be.4. petitioner is a company incorporated under the companies act, 1956 and is a registered class-i contractor mainly engaged in civil constructions and is also registered with the indian railways. on 22.07.2007, east central railways floated two tenders for construction of several residential units, staff quarters and other ..... after procuring it themselves from their stores which would be fair, just and equitable. it is submitted that railways, even in contractual matters, is subject to article 14 of the constitution of india and must act fairly and reasonably and not like a common person entering into contracts for profits. it is submitted that payment ..... is not in the hand of either party, is merely compensatory in nature and railways, being instrumentality of the government and state, must act fairly and pay due compensation or supply the goods themselves as is an option open to the railways but cannot refuse either of them and put a person to loss for no .....

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Mar 07 1944 (PC)

M. Sheik Dawood Rowther Vs. South Indian Railway Co. Ltd. and anr.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1944Mad444

..... and accordingly dismissed his suit. the petitioner has applied under section 25, provincial small cause courts act, 1887, for revision of the decree passed by the subordinate judge. the south indian railway company ltd.,, and the ceylon government railway were both made defendants in the suit and they are the respondents in this petition. they ..... 1. for some time before 1st july 1941 - the exact period has not been disclosed to the court - the south indian railway company, ltd., booked consignments of rice from stations on the company's line to galle in ceylon at a rate less than it had previously charged.. the new rate was known as the ..... indian railway or railways worked by the south indian railway are carried subject to the rules and conditions printed from time to time in the railway company's goods tariff, and goods booked to or over a foreign railway are subject to the rules and regulations and to wharfage and other charges in force on such railway.sub-s. (1) of section 55, railways act .....

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Dec 07 1933 (PC)

Secy. of State Vs. Messrs Fakir Mohammad Wazir Mohammad and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1934Cal508

..... and having regard to the poor condition of the salvaged grapes, the railway company acted reasonably in holding that the grapes could not bear a journey to howrah. he also urges that having regard to the soft condition of the grapes, the east indian railway administration who were to carry the fruits from delhi to howrah might ..... and habibulla, the consignor was the agent of the plaintiffs, it is a question whether the railway company acted improperly in consulting habibulla in the matter of the disposal of the goods.6. in the first place, the railway company in that emergency could not very well consult the plaintiffs as there was not sufficient address from ..... last day of limitation provided by the code. the suit in effect was against two railway companies, the east indian railway and the north western railway. the suit as against the east indian railway was dismissed and the suit as against the north western railway administration was decreed in part by the trial court for the sum of rs. 3, .....

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Apr 08 1907 (FN)

Peterson Vs. Chicago, R.i. and Pac. Ry. Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... out under an act of the legislature in 1903. mr. m. e. sebree, who was served with citation in this case, was, for a number of years and until the date of its sale, trainmaster of the chicago, rock island & texas railway company and assistant trainmaster of the chicago, rock island & pacific railway company, with jurisdiction on that line up to chickasha, indian territory. prior to ..... ." "before the chicago, rock island & gulf railway company purchased the chicago, rock island & texas railway company, the chicago, rock island & mexico railway company and the choctaw, oklahoma & texas railroad company, m. e. sebree was trainmaster of the chicago, rock island & texas railway company, and division trainmaster of the chicago, rock island & pacific railway company, with jurisdiction to chickasha, indian territory. since the purchase by the gulf company of the above-named texas lines .....

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Sep 15 2006 (HC)

Yella Constructions Limited Vs. East Coast Railway and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2006(6)ALD460; 2006(6)ALT714; [2007]73SCL112(AP)

..... :m/s. annapurna rail s&t; construction limited is a company registered on 11.6.1998 under indian companies act, 1956. it was incorporated with the main object of carrying on business of undertaking contract works especially signalling and telecommunications (s&t;) works with indian railways. on 10.2.2004, the name of the said company was changed as m/s. yella construction limited (the petitioner herein ..... &t; construction limited, visakhapatnam (as the petitioner company was known earlier) was informed that the ministry of railways (railway board) by letter no. 2002/ sig/b/8, dated 12.6.2003, decided that the business dealings with m/s. annapurna construction, vijayawada and also their sister concerns and partners/shareholders should be banned on all indian railways and organizations for a period of five years .....

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Aug 14 1957 (HC)

Oudh and Tirhut Railway Vs. Mrs. Karam Chand Paras Ram

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR1958All234

..... ram a firm of merchants against two defendants (1) the governor general in council representing the east indian railway company and the oudh and tirhut railway through the secretary railway department central government new delhi and (2) the oudh and tirhut railway through the chief commercial manager gorakhpur. the suit was for the recovery of rs. 5135/11/- ..... deterioration or destruction then only a notice under section 77 of the indian railways act is necessary but where non-delivery of goods is due to any other reason then no such notice is required.' (head-note).36. in the present case the railway company has failed to prove that the non-delivery is due to ..... indian railways act (no. ix of 1890) was preferred by the plaintiffs within six months of the date of delivery of the goods for carriage by the railways?2. * * * * *3. is the suit barred by limitation? 4. whether the goods consigned were looted by a riotous mob in august 1942-at baroni junction railway station of b. n. rly. company .....

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Apr 01 1958 (HC)

Gajanan Dhanuka and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi)

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1959Cal215,63CWN581

..... a prepaid letter addressed to the manager or agent at his office and registered under part iii of the indian post office act, 1866 (xiv of 1866). 11. it is an admitted fact that the bengal nagpur railway which was once administered by a railway company was being administered by the government at the relevant time, that is, at the time when there was non ..... service of notice according to the statute.31. lastly, there is the notification issued by the bengal nagpur railway, while under company administration. in the said notification the claims officer was expressly made the person authorised to receive notice under section 77 of the indian railways act. the plaintiffs were, under the provisions of the aforesaid notification, right in serving the notice, under section 77 .....

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Jan 03 1927 (PC)

India General Navigation and Ry. Co. Ltd. Vs. Girdharilal Gobardhone D ...

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1927Cal394

..... taking any risk-note which they might have been able to take under the carriers act. now the learned district judge has given a decree against the steamer company after coming to certain findings of fact. he found that the east indian railway company was acting as an agent of the steamer company to carry goods and, therefore, he held that as the goods were lost the ..... steamer company, which had entered into a contract to send the goods to bankura, were liable for .....

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May 19 1890 (FN)

Cherokee Nation Vs. Southern Kansas Ry. Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... . s. 642 it may, under legislative sanction, take private property for a right of way upon making just compensation to the owner. the act granting a right of way to the southern kansas railway company through the indian territory authorized the company to enter upon the lands taken for right of way after it should have paid into court doable the amount of the award ..... .s. 641 appeal from the district court of the united states for the western district of arkansas syllabus the act of congress of july 4, 1884, 23 stat. 73, c. 179, granting a right of way through the indian territory to the southern kansas railway company, for a railroad, telegraph and telephone line, is a valid exercise of the power of congress to regulate .....

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Nov 20 1970 (HC)

The Union of India (Uoi) Through the General Manager, Central Railway, ...

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR1971All531

..... they were, therefore, absolved from the liability under the provisions of section 80, indian railways act. 6. the first additional civil judge, kanpur, who tried the suit, came to the conclusion that though the laxmi rattan cotton mills ltd. (plaintiff no. 1) had recovered the loss from the neptune assurance company ltd. (plaintiff no. 2), the insurer, plaintiff no. 1 had the right to ..... railway administered by a railway company, on the agent in india of the railway company.-- (a) by delivering the notice or other document to the manager or agent; or (b) by leaving it at his office; or (c) by forwarding it by post in a prepaid letter addressed to the manager or agent at his office and registered under part iii of the indian post office act .....

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