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BIBEK CHAUDHURI
Puja Travels Hotel Paradise Basement, Near Patna Junction – Appellant
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Union of India Through The Chairman Cum-CEO-Railway Board, New Delhi – Respondent
Bibek Chaudhuri, J. – The petitioners are proprietorship travel agents. Petitioners No. 1, 2, and 3 are primarily authorized rail e-ticket agents of IRCTC. The rest travel agencies are further authorized by the petitioner no. 01, 02, and 03 travel agents as their Retail Service Proprietor (RSP) to book the railway e-tickets and manual tickets. Thus, all the petitioners are performing their duties as Principle Service Provider (PSP) or Retail Service Provider for sale and advance booking of Railway e-tickets. They have their centers for e-ticketing at their respective offices outside the premises of Patna Railway Station and Rajendra Nagar Railway Station.
2. The petitioners have jointly filed the instant writ petition praying for the issuance of appropriate raids thereby, prohibiting the Railway Protection Force (RPF) deployed in Patna Junction, Danapur Junction, and Rajendra Nagar Terminal from conducting illegal raids outside their jurisdictional limits, search, and seizures without obtaining consent and giving pre-raid information to the local police station within whose juri
Authorized agents of IRCTC cannot be prosecuted under Section 143 of the Indian Railways Act for actions taken within the scope of their authorization, and the jurisdiction of the Railway Protection ....
The unauthorized sale of e-tickets through online platforms is prohibited under Section 143 of the Railways Act, covering both physical and online ticket sales.
(1) Unauthorised business of procuring and supplying railway e-tickets – Section 143 of Railways Act, 1989, has been enacted to tackle a social crime – Section 143 penalises actions of only unauthori....
Unauthorized procurement or supply of railway tickets under Section 143 requires clear evidence of such actions, which was absent in this case.
Seizure of unauthorized Railway tickets – Order taking cognizance must reflect application of judicial mind by Magistrate.
Members of the Railway Protection Force cannot claim immunity under the Railway Protection Force Act and Cr.P.C. if the alleged misconduct is unconnected to their official duties and results in grave....
An officer of the Railway Protection Force is not authorized to file a charge sheet for offences under the Railways Act as per the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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