FA/554/2024

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/554/2024 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:36042 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 554 of 2024 ========================================================== UNION OF INDIA THROUGH GENERAL MANAGER Versus GEETABAI W/O VINOD RAWAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MS ARCHANA U AMIN(2462) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR KUNAL M SHAH(5588) for the Defendant(s) No. 1,2 MR PJ MEHTA(467) for the Defendant(s) No. 1,2 RULE UNSERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 3,4 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI Date : 16/06/2026 JUDGMENT 1. The present First Appeal is filed under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987, by the appellant challenging the judgment and order dated 18.04.2023 passed by Railway Claims Tribunal, Ahmedabad Bench, Ahmedabad, in case No.OA(IIu)/ADI/2016/0092, whereby the learned Mem- ber (Judicial) allowed the claim petition and directed the opponents to pay compensation of Rs.8,00,000/- to the claimants for death of deceased. 2. Brief facts of the case are that, according to the claimants, on 15.01.2016, the deceased – Vinod Rawat, was travelling from Ahmedabad to Vadodara Railway Station by a passenger train with a valid ticket. During the course of jour- ney, he accidentally fell down from the train near Mahem- davad Kheda Road Railway Station and died on the spot. 2.1 The Railway Claims Tribunal, after examining the DRM Report, the provisions of Section 124-A of the Railways Page 1 of 8 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 23:11:33 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/554/2024 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:36042 Act, 1989, and the evidence on record, was pleased to pass the aforesaid order gra