SHRI. BASIR ALIAS MOHD. AHMED KHAN ANR. vs UNION OF INDIA THROUGH GENERAL MANAGER,

21-f-779-2018.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE CIVIL JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO.779 OF 2018 1 Shri Basir alias Mohd. Ahmed Khan ] 037. ].. Appellants. v/s. Union of India ] through General Manager, ] Central Railway, CST, Mumbai 400 001. ].. Respondent. Mr. Kunal Bhanage with Mr. Akshay Pawar and Adv. Priyanka Acharya, for the Appellants. Adv. T. J. Pandian with Adv. Noorjahan Khan and Adv. Gautam Modanwalm, for Respondent-UOI. CORAM : FIRDOSH P. POONIWALLA,J. RESERVED ON : 5th DECEMBER, 2024. PRONOUNCED ON : 8th JANUARY, 2025. JUDGEMENT :- This Appeal has been filed under Section 23 of the Railways Claims Tribunal Act, 1987, impugning judgement dated 24 th July, 2014 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, Mumbai (“the Tribunal”), in Claim Application No:OA(IIu)/MCC/2010/0966, preferred by the Appellants, whereby the Tribunal dismissed the Claim Application of the Appellants. S.R.JOSHI 1 of 14 21-f-779-2018.doc 2 The case of the Appellants in the Claim Application filed by them, seeking compensation, is that on 8 th May, 2010, their son Nasir Ahmed Khan left home at about 8.30 a.m. for his work. He was a daily commuter of local train holding v