NAMITA CHOPRA vs UNION OF INDIA

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 20.04.2026 FAO 348/2014 NAMITA CHOPRA .....Appellant Through: Ms. Surbhi Soni and Mr. Aniket Chauhan, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain CGSC and Mr. Kautilya Birat, GP CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. The present appeal has been filed under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 against the judgment dated 27.05.2014 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Principal Bench, Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the “Tribunal”) in Claim Application No. OA/II(U)/196/2012, whereby the claim application filed by the appellant came to be dismissed. 2. The brief facts of the case, as stated in the claim application, are that on the intervening night of 28/29.02.2012, one Sh. Ravinder Nath Sharma (hereinafter referred to as the “deceased”) was travelling from Vivek Vihar to Delhi Jn. by the Ambala Passenger Train, and while undertaking the said railway journey on the strength of a valid MST ticket, he suffered a fatal accident on the railway track, resulting in his death. 3. Learned counsel for the appellant assails the impugned judgment by contendi