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The Calcutta Weekly Notes and Notes of Cases of the Calcutta High Court and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the English Law Courts Monday March 13 1922

1922

The Indian Railways Act contains some provisions of a penal character which are no Doubt necessary for the proper administration of the Railways but it is painful to see the abuse of these sections to the prejudice of the passengers. [...] The evidence of the Railway guard on the other hand pointed to a deplorable lack of consideration on the part of the Railway administrators for the covenience and safety of the passengers. [...] 63 of the Act it is the bounden duty of every Railway administration to fix subject to the approval of the Governor-General in Council the maximum number of passengers which may be carried in each compartment-of every description and under se93 of the Act the Railway Company is enjoined to complwith the provisions of se63 on pain of a fine of Rs. [...] This important decision on a point affecting the Railway-travelling public should be widely (iirculated to all Railway administrations and we invite the attention Of the authorities to the following remarks of the learned Judge The Railway people were guilty of neglgence in not carrying out the provisions of the Act which are meant entirely for the safety and comfort of passengers and instead o [...] The misunderstanding referred to above the source of much fruitless litigation in the Mofussil Courts and unless it is avoided amcably it is for the Legislattire to; intervene and fix a rate of premium for registration of the tenant's name or declare such a demand on the part of the landlord as illegal.
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4
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India
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The Calcutta Weekly Notes and Notes of Cases of the Calcutta High Court and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the English Law Courts Monday March 13 1922
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