FA/1855/2022

NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/1855/2022 JUDGMENT DATED: 23/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:38224 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 1855 of 2022 ========================================================== UNION OF INDIA Versus VIVEKKUMAR VIRENDRA ASTHANA ========================================================== Appearance: MS ARCHANA U AMIN(2462) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR PJ MEHTA(467) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI Date : 23/06/2026 JUDGMENT 1. By impugned judgment and award dated 15.3.2022, learned Railway Claims Tribunal, Ahmedabad (for short ‘the Tribunal”) in Case No.OA/(ILu)/ADI/2019/0062 awarded compensation of sum of Rs.3,70,000/- with 9% interest from the date of incident till date of realization. 2. Being aggrieved by judgment dated 15.3.2022, appellant - Railways has preferred present appeal under section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987. 3. Tersely stated facts borne out from impugned judgment are that the respondent was travelling from Surat to Ahmedabad railway station, by train No.12480 Bandra Terminus-Jodhpur Suryanagari Super-Fast Express, holding a