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Coaches second class, not passengers: SC to Rlys

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  1. Supreme Court asked Railways to reconsider using the term 'second class passenger' in official documents.

  2. Court observed that the class connotation should attach to the coach, not the passenger.

  3. Court said the expression is 'offensive to the spirit of the Constitution of India'.

  4. Railways were asked to clarify and reconsider the continued use of the term.

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