https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196481 Railway coal-traffic priorities under the Indian Railways Act, 1890 permit preferential movement where public interest, planned allocation and zonal distribution require scarce wagon capacity to be directed to specified categories. Section 27A authorises Central Government directions for special facilities or preference, while Section 28 restricts undue preference independently granted by railway administration. Priority C(iii), sponsorship requirements and the GX notation distinguish planned or sponsored coal movements from merchant wagon-load transport. The framework treats this classification as consistent with equality requirements and regards restrictions on wagon availability as reasonable where residual capacity, target-based movement and alternative transport modes remain available. en-us Fri, 28 Oct 1983 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 10:23:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196481 Railway coal-traffic priorities under the Indian Railways Act, 1890 permit preferential movement where public interest, planned allocation and zonal distribution require scarce wagon capacity to be directed to specified categories. Section 27A authorises Central Government directions for special facilities or preference, while Section 28 restricts undue preference independently granted by railway administration. Priority C(iii), sponsorship requirements and the GX notation distinguish planned or sponsored coal movements from merchant wagon-load transport. The framework treats this classification as consistent with equality requirements and regards restrictions on wagon availability as reasonable where residual capacity, target-based movement and alternative transport modes remain available. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 28 Oct 1983 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196481