https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198437 Compensation for railway accidents under Section 124A of the Railways Act is quantified by the rates prescribed under delegated legislation, and where the statute does not fix the amount itself, the operative prescription is the one in force when the Claims Tribunal orders payment. Section 126 on interim relief does not govern final quantification. The scheme of Chapter XIII was treated as a speedy, beneficial compensation regime aimed at fair and reasonable relief, and applying the later-prescribed rate avoids arbitrary differences between similarly placed claimants based only on the accident date. en-us Tue, 13 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:04:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198437 Compensation for railway accidents under Section 124A of the Railways Act is quantified by the rates prescribed under delegated legislation, and where the statute does not fix the amount itself, the operative prescription is the one in force when the Claims Tribunal orders payment. Section 126 on interim relief does not govern final quantification. The scheme of Chapter XIII was treated as a speedy, beneficial compensation regime aimed at fair and reasonable relief, and applying the later-prescribed rate avoids arbitrary differences between similarly placed claimants based only on the accident date. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 13 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198437