MOHINI DEVI & ORS vs UNION OF INDIA

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 22 April 2025 Judgment pronounced on: 06 May 2025 FAO 2/2015 MOHINI DEVI & ORS .....Appellants Through: Mr. Mudit Chaudhary, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Himanshu Pathak & Mr. Amit Singh, Advs. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA JUDGMENT DHARMESH SHARMA, J. 1. The appellants, being the wife, minor children, and mother of the deceased/Sh. Prem Sagar Das, have preferred this appeal under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 (‘RCT Act’) assailing the impugned judgment cum award dated 25.09.2014, whereby their claim petition seeking statutory compensation of ₹4 Lacs on account of the death of the deceased in a railway accident has been dismissed. 2. Briefly stated, it was claimed by the appellants/claimants that the deceased was travelling from New Delhi to Patna Junction by an express train on 31.01.2012, when he accidentally fell from the running train at Sachiwalaya Halt and died on the spot. The claim was contested by the respondent/Railways. The learned Presiding Officer, Railway FAO 2/2015 3. Suffice it to state that, issue nos.1 & 2 were contested against the appellants/c