VIRENDER SINGH & ANR. vs UNION OF INDIA

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 15.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 28.11.2025 FAO 39/2021 & CM APPL 3099/2021 VIRENDER SINGH & ANR. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Rajan Sood, Advocate versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Jivesh Kumar Tiwari, CGSC. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. The present first appeal under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 (the RCT Act), has been filed for setting aside the impugned judgment dated 12.09.2017, passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Principal Bench, Delhi (the Tribunal), in Case No. OA(IIU) No. DLI/29/2017, whereby the claim of the appellants/applicants was dismissed, holding, inter alia, that the deceased was not a bona fide passenger of the train. 2. Brief facts of the case are stated as follows:- Deceased, Vikrant, aged about 16 years, boarded the Jan Shatabdi Express, 2.1. The appellants/applicants filed a claim under Sections 13 (1-A) and 16(1) of the RCT Act, and Section 124-A of the Railways Act, 1989 (the Railways Act), seeking compensation to the tune of ₹8,00,000/- from the respondent/railways on account of the death of