https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193631 A statutory tribunal can exercise only the jurisdiction expressly conferred by its parent statute. The Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 permits refund claims for fares or freight paid for animals or goods entrusted to a railway administration, but separately defined charges under the Railways Act, 1989 cannot be merged into freight by interpretation. Freight covers carriage charges, while demurrage and wharfage are distinct statutory charges for detention and non-removal of goods. On that basis, the Tribunal had no jurisdiction to order refund of wharfage or demurrage as part of freight, and dismissal of the claim petition was correct. en-us Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 06:37:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193631 A statutory tribunal can exercise only the jurisdiction expressly conferred by its parent statute. The Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 permits refund claims for fares or freight paid for animals or goods entrusted to a railway administration, but separately defined charges under the Railways Act, 1989 cannot be merged into freight by interpretation. Freight covers carriage charges, while demurrage and wharfage are distinct statutory charges for detention and non-removal of goods. On that basis, the Tribunal had no jurisdiction to order refund of wharfage or demurrage as part of freight, and dismissal of the claim petition was correct. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193631