FA/507/2024

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/507/2024 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:37610 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 507 of 2024 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI sd/- ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No yes ========================================================== UNION OF INDIA Versus MEENADEVI W/O HARIPRASAD GUPTA & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MRS KRISHNA G RAWAL(1315) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR KUNAL M SHAH(5588) for the Defendant(s) No. 1,2,3,4,5 MR PJ MEHTA(467) for the Defendant(s) No. 1,2,3,4,5 RULE UNSERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 6 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI Date : 16/06/2026 JUDGMENT 1. Heard learned Advocate Mrs. Krishna G Rawal appearing for the Union of India and learned Advocate Mr. Paresh Mehta appearing for the original claimant. The appeal under Section 23 of the Indian Railway Claim Tribunal Act, 1987 (for short, ‘the Act’) questions the legality in propriety of the judgment in case no. OA (Iiu)/ADI/2018/0139 decision dated 14.08.2023 by which the Railway Tribunal, Ahmedabad Branch granted a compensation of Rs.8,00,000/- with 9% interest from the date of Page 1 of 30 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 23:41:01 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/507/2024 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:37610 incident i.e.29.06.2018 till the amount of compensation actually received, for death of Mr. Hariprasad Gupta (for short, “deceased”), to his dependent. 2. The brief facts of the case which were placed in claim petition filed under Section 16 of the Act read with Section 125 of the Railways Act, 1989 seeking compensation of Rs.8,00