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Supreme Court judgments on Railways Act, 1989

8 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Rajni and Another vs Union of India and Another
SC · 8 October 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 548 : 2025 INSC 1201
The deceased was pushed out of the running train resulting in his death. The claim petition of appellants herein was dismissed by the Tribunal on ground that claimants had failed to prove deceased was a bonafide passenge…
Union of India vs M/s Kamakhya Transport Pvt. Ltd. Etc. Etc.
SC · 5 June 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 346 : 2025 INSC 805
Whether the Courts below had rightly held that the Railway authorities could not have raised the demand notice after the delivery of goods.
Inspector, Railway Protection Force, Kottayam vs Mathew K Cherian & Anr.
SC · 9 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 498 : 2025 INSC 51
Whether the act of creating fake/multiple user IDs by an individual, who may or may not be an authorized railway agent, with the intention to procure and supply online tickets through IRCTC portal would constitute an off…
Doli Rani Saha vs Union of India
SC · 9 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 391 : 2024 INSC 603
Issue arose whether the victim was a bona fide passenger of the train in question on the date of incident, and was entitled to compensation.
Union of India vs M/s Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
SC · 21 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 1051 : 2024 INSC 243
It is the case of the respondent company herein that at the time of booking the consignments, from Baad to Hisar via Palwal, the notified chargeable distance for calculating freight as per the Local Distance Table was 44…
Kamukayi & Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 16 May 2023
[2023] 6 S.C.R. 399 : 2023 INSC 541
Railways Act, 1989 – ss. 123(c) and 124 – Railway Passengers (Manner of Investigation of Untoward Incidents) Rules, 2003 – r. 7 – Claim for compensation – Victim-deceased fell down from the running train between platform…
Nagaraj vs Union of India
SC · 21 February 2019
[2019] 5 S.C.R. 851 : 2019 INSC 250
Railways Act, 1989 – s.160(2) – Opening or breaking a level crossing gate – Appellant -driver while driving the bus hit it against the railway crossing gate – Due to the said hit, the railway crossing gate was broken – T…
Union of India vs Rina Devi
SC · 9 May 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 417 : 2018 INSC 469
Railways Act, 1989: Railway accident claim – Compensation – Quantum of – As per the rate of compensation as on the date of application/incident or on the date of order awarding compensation – Held: Compensation would be…

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