Delhi High Court Rules RailYatri Operations As Unauthorised After IRCTC Complaint
This decision comes after IRCTC filed a complaint in 2017 alleging that RailYatri was providing illegal bookings and meals on trains.
- Hearing on the petition filed by RailYatri against IRCTC, the single bench comprising of Justice V. Kameshwar Rao stated, "On a deeper consideration of the methodology evolved by M/s Stelling [RailYatri.in], through its platform railyatri.in connecting the customer to the Retail Service Providers (RSPs) and booking tickets by collecting money in its wallet and earning revenue, is surely unauthorized.
- No money has been paid by M/s Stelling to IRCTC / PSP to be involved in the process of e-ticket booking or to be integrated in the network initiated / developed by the IRCTC, which according to this Court is a prerequisite to be involved in any manner in the process of e-ticketing and for which integration fee and Annual maintenance fee is required to be paid," the judgement added.
- According to Nikhil Majithia, advocate for IRCTC, the services by RailYatri was unauthorized, and the RSPs, by associating with it, had also violated their contractual terms with IRCTC.
- Nilekani, Blume and Helion had also participated in the round.