Synopsis Bhaumik on The Railways Act 1989 duly updated and revised by the eminent author greets the reader with its ninth edition. This monumental legal work effectively incorporates all the amendments that have come into force since the last edition and focuses on all the changes in the meantime as regards other provisions. In particular, mentionable are the issues like the Claims Tribunal, compensation  in accidents, contributory negligence, damages to goods, res ipsa loquitur, untoward incident, safety of passengers, etc. A rich appendices replete with all subsidiary Railways Acts as well as rules and regulations thereunder decorate this edition with the luminosity of usefulness. The edition is sure to leave its print on the minds of reader in general and the members of the bar and the bench in particular.