SANJU DEVI & ANR vs UNION OF INDIA

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 16.01.2026 Pronounced on : 17.01.2026 Uploaded on : 17.01.2026 FAO 367/2014 SANJU DEVI & ANR .....Appellants Through: Mr. Yogesh Swaroop & Ms. Shivangi Singh, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Shoumendu Mukherji, SPC with Mr. Aniruddha Ghosh & Ms. Surabhi Tuli, Advocates for UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal has been instituted against the judgment dated 30.05.2014 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Principal Bench, Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the “Tribunal”) in Claim Application No. OA(IIu) 127/2013. 2. Vide the aforesaid judgment, the Tribunal rejected the appellants’ claim seeking compensation for the death of late Satyanarayan Yadav (husband of appellant no. 1 and father of appellant nos. 2 & 3), concluding that his death had occurred due to a “self-inflicted injury” and “criminal negligence”. 3. Learned counsel for the appellants has contended that the Tribunal erred by deciding the core issue against the appellants as once the deceased was accepted to be a bona fide passenger, the incident of him falling from 4. Learned counsel for the