ORDER

Heard Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, learned Additional Solicitor General(ASG) appearing for the appellant-Railways and Mr. Shikhil SuTri, learned Amicus Curiae

2. Report has been submitted by the appellant-Railways, in which certain issues have been flagged.

3. Mr. Banerjee, learned ASG submits that these issues may not be taken as the priorities of the Railways and are only for the purposes of highlighting the aspects on which the Railways has taken a conscious decision as far as safety issues concerning the system and passengers are concerned.

4. Having gone through the report, we are of the considered opinion that, at the initial stage, the focus should be on the safety of the tracks and the railway crossings, from which other aspects would emerge. As an indication has been given with regard to what the Railways proposes to undertake, no definite timelines have been provided. We, therefore, require the learned ASG to file a better affidavit, focusing, for the present, on the two issues highl