https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196481 Priority-based railway allocation of coal traffic under Section 27A of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 is described as a valid public-interest classification, because Section 28's rule against undue preference yields to statutory power to grant special facilities or preference. The text states that coal merchants seeking wagon-load transport were not in the same class as sponsored or zonal priority movements, so the equality challenge failed. It also explains that the scheme was not a total ban on trade but a rational restriction in conditions of scarce wagon capacity, with remaining transport potentially available after higher priorities, so the Article 19(1)(g) challenge failed. Section 27A and Priority C(iii) are presented as valid. 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 Priority-based railway allocation of coal traffic under Section 27A of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 is described as a valid public-interest classification, because Section 28's rule against undue preference yields to statutory power to grant special facilities or preference. The text states that coal merchants seeking wagon-load transport were not in the same class as sponsored or zonal priority movements, so the equality challenge failed. It also explains that the scheme was not a total ban on trade but a rational restriction in conditions of scarce wagon capacity, with remaining transport potentially available after higher priorities, so the Article 19(1)(g) challenge failed. Section 27A and Priority C(iii) are presented as valid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 28 Oct 1983 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196481