Dismissed¶¶17
Sachin D Tiwari v. Union of India Thru. Secretary and Ors.
Bombay HCPIL/146/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Rule 9 Railway Passengers (Cancellation of Ticket and Refund of Fare) Rules 2015; Tatkal ticket cancellation; forfeiture of entire fare; Railways enriching itself; arbitrariness; Article 14; Article 21 Constitution of India; writ Court not entitled to examine policy decision or economic decision of government; Balco Employees’ Union v. Union of India (2002) 2 SCC 333 relied upon; PIL dismissed; Bombay High Court; division bench; 4 February 2026.
What did the court decide?
There is no arbitrariness in the scheme framed by the Railways. ¶¶14