Amaravati bench of Railway Claims Tribunal inaugurated

The Amaravati bench of the Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) was inaugurated at the Guntur Railway station Friday by Justice V Ramasubramanian, Judge, High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

RCT (Principal Bench) Chairman Justice K Kannan, South Central Railway General Manager Vinod Kumar Yadav, Principal Chief Commercial Manager M G Sekharam, Railway Guntur Division Manager V G Bhooma and other officials were present on the occasion.

Justice Kannan said the Railway claims tribunal was an institution established with the aim of quick disposition of justice to the victims.

He said there were 33,000 cases in the trial stage at 22 tribunals all over India.

Ninety per cent of the cases belong to incidences where human beings were the victims while others related to goods and claims, he added.

Justice Ramasubramanian said advocates should constantly follow ethical practices and stand up with values.

SCR general manager Yadav said the new RCT bench at Amaravati would serve the needs of the people belonging to Vijayawada, Guntur and Guntakal Railway divisions.

Around 1,670 cases pertaining to Amaravati region were being transferred from the Secunderabad bench to the newly formed Amaravati Bench, he said adding it would help in early settlement of claims of both passenger and freight segments.