MURLIDHAR POSHA GADMALE AND ANR. vs UNION OF INDIA, THROUGH GENERAL MANAGER OF CENTRAL RAILWAY

3.FA.317.2021 (R-C) C1.doc KRISHNA NAIK NAIK Date: 2025.08.04 20:06:23 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY +0530 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO. 317 OF 2021 1. Mr. Murlidhar Posha Gadmale ) Age – 54 Years, Father of Deceased ) 2. Mrs. Vijaya Murlidhar Gadmale ) Age – 49 years, Mother of Deceased ) R/o. B/201, Hemadi Residency Co. Op. Soc. ) Plot No. 3A, Sector No. 11, Kamothe, ) Navi Mumbai ) ...Appellants Versus Union of India, ) Through General Manager, Central Railway ) C.S.M.T., Mumbai – 400 001 ) ...Respondent **** Mr. Balasaheb Deshmukh a/w. Mr. D.T. Ajagekar for the Appellants. Mr. Mohamedali M. Chunawala for Respondent. **** CORAM : M. M. SATHAYE, J. DATED : 31st JULY 2025 JUDGMENT: 1. This Appeal is filed under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 (‘the Act of 1987’ for short), challenging the judgement and order dated 05/03/2021 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, Mumbai in Claim Application No. OA(IIu)/MCC/0094/2014. By the said impugned order, the claim filed by the Appellants for compensation towards death of their deceased son – akn 1/11 3.FA.317.2021 (R-C) C1.doc Sagar Murlidhar Gadmale, is dismissed. 2. The Appella