The Delhi High Court has held that the Indian Railways is an enterprise and the Competition Commission of India, CCI is empowered to hear complaints against it for alleged abuse of its dominant position in goods transport sector.

Holding that there is a commercial angle to the services rendered by the Railways, Justice Vipin Sanghi dismissed the Railway Ministry's plea challenging the CCI jurisdiction to decide cases related to it.

The Court said, it is not an inalienable function of the state and the submission of the petitioner that it is not covered by the definition of enterprise, has no merit and is rejected.

The judgment, which broadened the ambit of the panel by bringing Railways' commercial activities under it, came on the plea of the public carrier against a CCI verdict.