Railways Act, 1989
187. Restriction on execution against railway property.
(1) No rolling stock, machinery, plant, tools, fittings,
materials or effects used or provided by a railway administration for the
purpose of traffic on its railway, or of its stations or workshops, shall be
liable to be taken in execution of any decree or order of any court or of any
local authority or person having by law the power to attach or distrain
property or otherwise to cause property to be taken in execution, without the
previous sanction of the Central Government.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be construed to affect the
authority of any court to attach the earnings of a railway in execution of a
decree or order.