BIJAY SINGH AND ANOTHER vs UNION OF INDIA

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on : 21 April 2025 Judgment pronounced on: 06 May 2025 + FAO 107/2021 SHRI BIJAY SINGH & ANR. ..... Appellants Through: Mr. Brijballabh Tiwari, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA ..... Respondent Through: Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, CGSC with Ms. Kritika Sharma, Mr. Sainyam Bhardwaj, Mr. R. Pawar and Mr. Aarav Gupta, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA JUDGMENT 1. This judgment shall decide the present appeal filed by the appellants/claimants under Section 231 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 19872 assailing the Impugned Order dated 02.03.2020 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Principal Bench, Delhi3, whereby the claim application OA/II(u)/GZB/164/2016, titled "Sh. 1 23. Appeals.—(1) Save as provided in sub-section (2) and notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5of1908) or in any other law, an appeal shall lie from every order, not being an interlocutory order, of the Claims Tribunal, to the High Court having jurisdiction over the place where the Bench is located. (2) No appeal shall lie from an order passed by the Claims Tribunal with the consent of the parties. (3) Every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a period of ninety days from the date of the order appealed against. 2 RCT Act 3 RCT Signature Not Verified FAO 107/2021 Digitally Signed By:PRAMOD Page 1 of 9 KUMAR VATS Signing Date:07.05.2025 17:51:22 Bijay Singh & Anr. vs. Union of India”, filed under Section 16 read with Section 13 (1A) of the RCT Act, was dismissed. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 2. Briefly stated, it was the case of the appellants/claimants that on 29.05.2016, Arvind Singh (deceased herein) aged 29 years, had left his residence on 29.05.2016 to attend a job interview at Mahindra Company,