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Railway administration, the definition of 'railway administration' in s. 3(6) of the Railways Act, 1890, that it would mean the manager of the railway does not warrant the inference that a suit against the railway administration can be brought against the manager of that railway, State of Kerala v. General Manager, AIR 1976 SC 2538: (1976) 4 SCC 265: (1977) 1 SCR 419....
Metro railway administration
Metro railway administration, in relation to-(i) a Government metro railway means the General Manger of that railway; or (ii) a non-Government metro railway means the person who is the owner or lessee of that metro railway or the person working that metro railway under an arrangement with the owner or lessee of that metro railway. [Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002 (60 of 2002), s. 2(1) (j)]...
Railway
Railway. A road owned by a private person or public company on which carriages run over iron rails; if the road is a public highway, that part of it on which the rails are laid is called a tramway. Every railway in this country (except a few private railways running through land owned by the owner of the railway) is constructed and managed (1) under a local and personal Act of Parliament; and (2) under the Companies Clauses, Lands Clauses, and Railways Clauses Consolidation Acts; and (3) under the general Acts relating to railways. The (English) Railway Act, 1921, provides for the reorganization of almost all the railways in England.Railway Companies as Carriers, The powers of railway companies as carriers are given by the 86th section of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and controlled by the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Acts of 1854, 1873, and 1888. The (English) Act of 1845, s. 86, enacts that:-It shall be lawful for the company [authorized (see s. 3) by the speci...
Operation and maintenance of a railway
Operation and maintenance of a railway, before any one can be charged with the offence u/s. 3 of the Railway Stores (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1955, it must be shown that he was in possession of railway stores which by the definition of s. does not include all articles which are the property of a railway administration but only those which are used or intended to be used in the construction, operation or maintenance of a railway, Kashmiri Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1970 SC 1868: (1970) 2 SCR 187: (1969) 2 SCC 706....
Railway servant
Railway servant, Acts has to be construed as a reference to corresponding provision of the re-enacted Act. It may be recalled that any reference in such cases to the provisions of the repealed, Ram Prosad Ramnarain v. Bejoy Kumar Sadhukhan, AIR 1966 Cal 488.Means any person employed by the Central Government or by a railway administration in connection with the service of a railway. [Railways Act, 1989, s. 2 (34)]...
Railway property
Railway property, includes any goods, money or valuable security or animal, belonging to, or in the charge or possession of, a railway administration. [Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966 (29 of 1966), s. 2(d)]...
Appropriate government
Appropriate government, means in relation to public authority which is established, constituted, owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly--(i) by the Central Government or the Union Territory administration, the Central Government, (ii) by the State Government, the State Government [Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), s. 2(a)]The Appropriate Government means, in relation to fees or stamp relating to documents presented or to be presented before any officer serving under the Central Government, that Government, and in relation to any other fees or stamps, the State Government. [Court-Fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), s. 1A]Means as respects any matter--(i) enumerated in List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution. (ii) relating to any State law enacted under List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2 (1) (e)]Means in relation to any major port the Central Government, an...
Pass
Pass, means an authority given by the Central Government or a railway administration to a person allowing him to travel as a passenger, but does not include a ticket. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (28)]The word 'passes' as it occurs in s. 5(1) of the Estate Duty Act, 1953 means 'charges hands', Controller of Estate Duty v. Usha Devi Patankar, AIR 1969 MP 229 (232). [Estates Duty Act, 1953, s. 5 (11)]Means an authority given by the metro railway administration or by an officer appointed by that administration in this behalf, to a person allowing him to travel as a passenger on the metro railway, but does not include a ticket. [Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002, s. 2(n)]...
Consignor
Consignor, means the person, named in a railway receipt as consignor, by whom or on whose behalf goods covered by the railway receipt are entrusted to a railway administration for carriage. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (10)](ii) means the person, named in the multimodal transport contract s consignor, by whom or on whose behalf the goods covered by such contract are entrusted to a multimodal transport operator for multimodal transportation. [Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of 1993), s. 2 (e)]Consignor, an intention to exclude from considera-tion any person who under domestic law would be a party to the contract through or in addition to a person named as consignor in the air wayball, Western Digital Corpn. v. Biritish Airways Plc (CA), (2003) 3 WLR 1855....
Carriage
Carriage, includes any carriage, wagon, cart, truck, vehicle or other means of conveying goods or passengers by land in whatever manner the same maybe propelled. [Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), s. 4 (b)]Means the carriage of passengers or goods by a railway administration. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (2)...
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