Ms Shatabdi Sales Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India through Secretary Ministry of Railways & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court LPA disposal order dated 07.05.2025 in LPA 786/2023, 787/2023, 259/2024 & 261/2024 (Union of India v. M/s Real Apt Solutions; Union of India v. M/s Shatabdi Sales Pvt. Ltd.; and cross-appeals by the wagon owners). Concerns 313 wagons leased to the Union of India/Railways; matters given a quietus on parity with the Union of India's stand in M/s Titagarh Capital Pvt. Ltd.; wagons returned on 'as is where is' basis (107 to Real Apt Solutions, 206 to Shatabdi Sales) without further payment or claims; owner-side appeals permitted to be withdrawn with no-claim affidavits; no statutory provisions construed and no monetary award; useful for settlement/withdrawal practice and parity-based resolution of wagon lease disputes before the Railways.
What did the court decide?
All four LPAs disposed of: LPA 786/2023 and LPA 787/2023 disposed of in terms of the Union of India's decision conveyed vide letter dated 11.04.2025, i.e., return of all 313 wagons on 'as is whereis basis' - 107 wagons to M/s Real Apt Solutions (Respondent No.1 in LPA 786/2023) and 206 wagons to M/s Shatabdi Sales Pvt. Ltd. (Respondent No.1 in LPA 787/2023) - without any further amount being paid and without any further claims against any of the entities; LPA 259/2024 and LPA 261/2024 permitted to be withdrawn and disposed of as withdrawn, with appellants to file affidavits of no further claims within a week; pending applications disposed of