RAJVATI & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 11.02.2026 Pronounced on : 23.02.2026 Uploaded on : 23.02.2026 FAO 92/2022 RAJVATI & ORS. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Prasant Kumar Shisodia, Advocate. versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Srivats Kashal, SPC for UOI, with Mr. Vinod, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal has been instituted against the judgment dated 29.01.2020 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Principal Bench, Delhi (hereinafter the “Tribunal”) in Claim Application No. OA/II(u)/GZB/199/2016. 2. Vide the aforesaid judgment, the Tribunal rejected the appellants’ claim seeking compensation for the death of late Sh. Sunil (husband of appellant no. 1 and father of appellant nos. 2 to 6), concluding that his death occurred not due to a fall from a train but by coming in the grips of an unknown train in the yard while he was trespassing. 3. The case set up by the appellants before the Tribunal was that on 22.09.2015, the deceased boarded a train from New Ghaziabad Railway 4. The respondent contested the said claim by filing the DRM report and a Written Statement wherein it was stated that no incide