AI Overview...
Judgement Related Railway Ticket Scam
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Forgery and misuse of railway tickets: Multiple sources highlight incidents involving forged railway tickets, often linked to scams or criminal activities. For example, in 1992, tickets from Malad to Churchgate (Rs.46) were issued in July 1992, during the height of the securities scam involving Harshad Mehta, with family connections to the accused Rajesh Suryakant Dhaka VS State of Maharashtra - Bombay.
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Disciplinary actions and scams involving railway employees: An Upper Division Clerk faced disciplinary proceedings for involvement in an LTC scam in 2009, after allegedly attempting to book tickets through a person claiming to be a railway agent J.Ananda Kumar vs Union of India - Central Administrative Tribunal.
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Overtime and ticket checking scams: There are references to ongoing scams involving ticket checkers and overtime manipulations at railway stations during the 1980s-1981, indicating systemic issues in ticket verification and revenue leakage Union of India, through General Manager VS Shridhar R. & others - Bombay.
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Corruption and criminal investigations involving railway personnel: Several cases involve railway employees and retired personnel, such as Devasagayam, linked to bribery, job-for-cash scams, and criminal activities like arms and murder cases, with FIRs registered against individuals involved with railway quarters and stations Y. Balaji VS Karthik Desari - Supreme Court, Narmada Bai VS State of Gujarat - Gujarat, Narmada Bai VS State of Gujarat - Supreme Court.
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Legal judgments and procedural aspects: Courts have examined jurisdiction, evidence, and procedural lapses in railway-related scams, emphasizing the importance of documentary evidence and proper investigation. For example, the court noted the absence of railway ticket records from the early 1980s as a challenge in establishing scam details Union of India, through General Manager VS Shridhar R. & others - Bombay.
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Broader implications: The cases reflect systemic vulnerabilities in railway ticketing, including forgery, employee collusion, and corruption, often intersecting with larger financial or criminal scams, such as securities fraud and bribery Y. BALAJI vs KARTHIK DESARI & ANR. - Supreme Court.
Analysis and Conclusion
The sources collectively depict a pattern of railway ticket scams involving forgery, employee collusion, and systemic fraud, often linked to larger criminal or financial scandals. The judiciary has addressed procedural irregularities and emphasized the need for concrete evidence to substantiate allegations. These incidents underscore ongoing challenges in railway revenue security and the importance of vigilant enforcement to curb such scams.
References: - Rajesh Suryakant Dhaka VS State of Maharashtra - Bombay, J.Ananda Kumar vs Union of India - Central Administrative Tribunal, Union of India, through General Manager VS Shridhar R. & others - Bombay, Y. Balaji VS Karthik Desari - Supreme Court, Narmada Bai VS State of Gujarat - Gujarat, Narmada Bai VS State of Gujarat - Supreme Court, Y. BALAJI vs KARTHIK DESARI & ANR. - Supreme Court
Search Results for "Judgement Related Railway Ticket Scam"
2006 0 Supreme(Bom) 1334 • India - Bombay
ROSHAN DALVI, J.N.PATEL
A railway ticket no.18750 Exhibit-148 is for Rs.46/- which is from Malad to Churchgate issued in July, 1992. The other railway ticket no.18751 exhibit-151 for Rs.46/- is also issued from Malad to Churchgate showing that it was issued in July, 1992. ... It must be remembered that this was in 1992 at the height of the Securities Scam in which interalia one Harshad Mehta was involved. The family of the victim boy is stated to be known to or distantly related with the said broker concerned....
2024 Supreme(Online)(Supreme(Cat)) 14456 • India - Central Administrative Tribunal
Varun Sindhu Kul Kaumudi, AM, M. Swaminathan, J
using forged railway tickets. ... (A) Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 - Section 19 - Service removal - Disciplinary proceedings for LTC scam - Applicant’s removal ... of the case: ... The Applicant, previously an Upper Division Clerk, faced disciplinary action for alleged involvement in a LTC scam ... During the year 2009, when the Applicant went to Egmore Railway Station, Chennai, for booking railway tickets, he met one Mr. Ganapathy, who introduced himself as an....
2002 0 Supreme(Bom) 701 • India - Bombay
R.J.KOCHAR
The court also referred to various judgments related to the scope of jurisdiction, existing rights of the claimants, and the absence ... It further appears that a kind of overtime scam is going on in the Railways. ... It is further expected that the documentary evidence in respect of some ticket checkers who were working at a particular station in the year 1980 or 1981 should have been produced by the Railways before the Labour Court as it was the best record available with the Railways#HL_END....
2023 0 Supreme(SC) 526 • India - Supreme Court
KRISHNA MURARI, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN
case: ... Various parties challenged the High Court's orders affecting an investigation into corruption linked to a job-for-cash scam ... Despite the fact that the allegations of Devasagayam related to payment of money to an employee of the Transport Corporation for procuring a job for his son, the offences under the PC Act were not included in the FIR. Interestingly, Devasagayam is a retired employee of the Railways. ... In support of this contention, the learned senior counsel relies upon the decision of this Court in Management of th....
2011 0 Supreme(Guj) 234 • India - Gujarat
P.SATHASIVAM, B.S.CHAUHAN
Judgment ... P. Sathasivam, J. ... Saleema Begum was residing in Government Railway Quarters. It was Kalimuddin, who seems to have approached by somebody who invited Sohrabuddin and his wife Kausarbi from their hide out in Madhya Pradesh to Hyderabad. This happened in the middle of November, 2005. ... In respect of the same, an FIR was registered in Ahmedabad Railway Police Station of Gujarat vide CR No. 294/06 under Sections 307, 224, 225, 34 of Indian Penal Code (in short “IPC”) and Section 25(1)(AB) of the Arms Act, 1959 and Section 13....
2011 3 Supreme 153 • India - Supreme Court
B.S.CHAUHAN, P.SATHASIVAM
JUDGMENT ... P. Sathasivam, J. ... Saleema Begum was residing in Government Railway Quarters. It was Kalimuddin, who seems to have approached by somebody who invited Sohrabuddin and his wife Kausarbi from their hide out in Madhya Pradesh to Hyderabad. This happened in the middle of November, 2005. ... In respect of the same, an FIR was registered in Ahmedabad Railway Police Station of Gujarat vide CR No. 294/06 under Sections 307, 224, 225, 34 of Indian Penal Code (in short “IPC”) and Section 25(1)(AB) of the Arms Act, 1959 and Section 1....
2023 Supreme(Online)(SC) 2119 • India - Supreme Court
V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, J
(A) Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 - Sections 3 and 2(1)(u) - Allegations of bribery related to public employment - Complaints ... Despite the fact that the allegations of Devasagayam related to payment of money to an employee of the Transport Corporation for procuring a job for his son, the offences under the PC Act were not included in the FIR. Interestingly, Devasagayam is a retired employee of the Railways. ... In support of this contention, the learned senior counsel relies upon the decision of this Court in Management of ....
2020 0 Supreme(AP) 98 • India - Andhra Pradesh
U.DURGA PRASAD RAO
In Subrata Chattoraj (2 supra), which relates to Sarada Chit Fund Multi State Investment Scam, the Apex Court while referring to State of West Bengal’s case (1 supra) and other cases, having observed that apart from the sensitivity of the issues involved, especially interstate ramifications of the scam ... During the Assembly elections in the year 2014, he was elected on the ticket of YSR Congress Party from Jammalamadugu Constituency and later, having been not satisfied with the functioning of said party, he joined Telu....
1999 0 Supreme(Kar) 597 • India - Karnataka
T.S.THAKUR
( 18 ) IN Satyapal Anand v Union of india, relied upon by the respondents the court was called upon to examine whether the states and union territories had taken adequate steps towards implementation of the order made by their lordships in unni krishnan's case, supra, insofar as the same related ... The court observed:"the only other contention relates to the arbitrariness of the cutoff date of 1-4-1989. ... Courts need not enter into the thicket of executive policy and reframe such policies especially at the instance of a person who cann....
2015 8 Supreme 65 • India - Supreme Court
JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR, J.CHELAMESWAR, MADAN B.LOKUR, KURIAN JOSEPH, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL
Allwright 321 U.S. 649 at 669 (1944) "that adjudications of the Court were rapidly gravitating 'into the same class as a restricted railroad ticket, good for this day and train only’”." ... Learned counsel while relying upon Gannon Dunkerley and Co. v. ... Little, as in her view, gratitude and loyalty, were closely related. A beneficiary could show gratitude to a benefactor, through an expression of loyalty. ... Pollak et al. 343 U.S. 451 (1952), the Supreme Court of United States dealt with a question whether in the District of Columbia, the Constitution ....
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