KAVITA & ANR. vs UNION OF INDIA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 19th March, 2025 FAO 113/2023 KAVITA & ANR. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Yash Harshvardhan, Mr. Ketan Bhutani, Mr. Sumit Singh, Ms. Anukriti Tiwari, Mr. Sumit and Mr. Pradeep Singh Negi, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA ....Respondent Through: Mr. Jivesh Kr. Tiwari, SPC with Ms. Samiksha, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA DHARMESH SHARMA, J. (ORAL) 1. The appellants have preferred the present appeal under Section 23 of the Railways Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 [“Act”] assailing impugned order dated 03.06.2022 passed by the learned Railway Claims Tribunal, Delhi Bench [“Tribunal”] whereby their claim application filed under Section 16 of the Act read with Section 124-A of the Railway Act, 1989 seeking compensation on account of death of their son, namely Rohit Singh, was dismissed. 2. Briefly stated, it was the case of the appellants that their son had gone to Gurugram on 14.05.2018 to search for a job and had informed his father on 16.05.2018 that he had got a job and would be returning back to their native place at Rewari on 17.05.2018. It was claimed that their son 1. Whether the deceased was a bona-fide passenger in