https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193886 The railway administration may lease available parcel space through auction or tender, but that private arrangement cannot displace the statutory tariff regime governing carriage rates. A challenge based on undue preference failed because no material showed discriminatory treatment between similarly placed competitors. The Court also upheld the direction requiring an outer limit on charges, holding that a contractor's pricing freedom must remain subject to regulatory control so the statutory scheme and public interest are not bypassed through private bargaining. The leasing policy was therefore permissible only to the extent that it remained bound by prescribed tariff control. en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193886 The railway administration may lease available parcel space through auction or tender, but that private arrangement cannot displace the statutory tariff regime governing carriage rates. A challenge based on undue preference failed because no material showed discriminatory treatment between similarly placed competitors. The Court also upheld the direction requiring an outer limit on charges, holding that a contractor's pricing freedom must remain subject to regulatory control so the statutory scheme and public interest are not bypassed through private bargaining. The leasing policy was therefore permissible only to the extent that it remained bound by prescribed tariff control. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 29 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193886