Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987
Bare Act · 1987
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Railway Claims Tribunal for inquiring into and determining claims against a railway administration for loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non-delivery of animals or goods entrusted to it to be carried by railway or for the refund of fares or freight or for compensation for death or injury to passengers occurring as a result of railway accidents 1 [or untoward incidents] and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 54 of 1987
- Enacted
- 23 December 1987
- Contents
- 32 sections · 7 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Establishment Of Railway Claims Tribunal And Benches Thereof
- Section 3 – Establishment of Railway Claims Tribunal
- Section 4 – Composition of Claims Tribunal and Benches thereof
- Section 5 – Qualifications for appointment as Chairman, Vice-Chairman or other Member
- Section 6 – Vice-Chairman to act as Chairman or to discharge his functions in certain circumstances (preview)
- Section 7 – Term of office (preview)
- Section 8 – Resignation and removal (preview)
- Section 9 – Salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and other Members (preview)
- Section 9A – Selection, qualifications, conditions of service, allowances, etc. (preview)
- Section 10 – Provision as to the holding of offices by Chairman, Vice-Chairman, etc., on ceasing to be such Chairman or Vice-Chairman, etc (preview)
- Section 11 – Financial and administrative powers of Chairman (preview)
- Section 12 – Staff of Claims Tribunal (preview)
Chapter III — Jurisdiction, Powers And Authority Of Claims Tribunal
- Section 13 – Jurisdiction, powers and authority of Claims Tribunal (preview)
- Section 14 – Distribution of business amongst Benches (preview)
- Section 15 – Bar of jurisdiction (preview)
Chapter IV — Procedure
- Section 16 – Application to Claims Tribunal (preview)
- Section 17 – Limitation (preview)
- Section 18 – Procedure and powers of Claims Tribunal (preview)
- Section 19 – Right to legal representation and presenting officers (preview)
- Section 20 – Power of Chairman to transfer cases from one Bench to another (preview)
- Section 21 – Decision to be by majority (preview)
- Section 22 – Execution of orders of Claims Tribunal (preview)
Chapter V — Appeals
- Section 23 – Appeals (preview)
Chapter VI — Miscellaneous
- Section 24 – Transfer of pending cases (preview)
- Section 25 – Proceedings before Claims Tribunal to be judicial proceedings (preview)
- Section 26 – Members and staff of Claims Tribunal to be public servants (preview)
- Section 27 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 28 – Act to have overriding effect (preview)
- Section 29 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
- Section 30 – Power to make rules (preview)