FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. 50 of 2017 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. - 50 of 2017 Union Of India Thru. Gen. Manager Northern Railway New Delhi .....Appellant(s) Versus Smt. Jai Devi And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Pratul Kumar Srivastava, Arpit Kumar, Raj Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Rajendra Jaiswal Court No. - 20 HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Shri Raj Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the appellant-Union of India as well as Shri Rajendra Jaiswal, learned counsel for the respondents and perused the record. 2. The instant appeal has been preferred against the judgment and award dated 21.10.2016 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow (hereinafter referred to as the 'Tribunal') in Case No.O.A.0700577, whereby compensation of Rs.4,00,000/- along with simple interest at the rate of 6% has been awarded in favour of the claimants-respondents. 3. Brief facts of the case are that on 08.03.2007 one Sudhir Pal was travelling with Sushil Kumar in Train No.5211 Up (Jannayak Express) from Sitapur Cantt. to Maigalganj having a valid second class ticket. Due to excessive crowd in the train and sudden jerk, he fell off the trai