SUJIT KUMAR & ORS vs UNION OF INDIA

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 09.02.2026 Pronounced on : 11.02.2026 Uploaded on : 11.02.2026 + FAO 61/2020 SUJIT KUMAR & ORS .....Appellants Through: Mr. Rajan Sood, Ms. Ashima and Ms. Megha Sood Advocate versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, Mahapatra and Mr. Tribhuvan, Ms. Mrinmayee Sahu and Mr. Abhimanyu, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal has been preferred under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 assailing the judgment dated 22.05.2019 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Principal Bench, Delhi (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal”) in OA (IIu) No. 169/2018, whereby the claim application filed by the appellants seeking statutory compensation on Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:PREM MOHAN CHOUDHARY Signing Date:11.02.2026 23:23:32 FAO 61/2020 Page 1 of 7 account of the death of Late Shri Chandeshwar Singh (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”) was dismissed. 2. The appellants are the widow and children of the deceased. The claim application before the Tribunal was filed invoking the provisions of Sections 123(c) and 124-A of the Railways Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”). 3. The facts stated by the appellants before the Tribunal was that on 17.01.2018, the deceased had purchased a journey ticket bearing No. m- 43449854 at 15:35 hours for travel from Tughlakabad to Shakur Basti. While travelling on the said journey, the deceased accidentally fell from a running train between Daya Basti and Shakur Basti, resulting in fatal injuries. The body of the deceased was subsequently discovered in the intervening night of 17/18.01.2018. It was further stated that the aforesaid facts were based on the informatio