Act Number: 54

Act Name: The Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987

Year: 1987

Enactment Date: 1987-12-23

Long Title: 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 or untoward incidents and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Railways

Department:

Section 23: Appeals.
    (1) Save as provided in sub-section (2) and notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) or in any other law, an appeal shall lie from every order, not being an interlocutory order, of the Claims Tribunal, to the High Court having jurisdiction over the place where the Bench is located.
     (2) No appeal shall lie from an order passed by the Claims Tribunal with the consent of the parties.
     (3) Every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a period of ninety days from the date of the order appealed against.
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