FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. 188 of 2017 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. - 188 of 2017 Union Of India Thru. Gen. Manager Northern Railway New Delhi .....Appellant(s) Versus Jaya Sharma And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Alok Sharma, Harsha Yadav, Manendra Nath Rai Counsel for Respondent(s) : Court No. - 20 HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Ms. Harsha Yadav, learned counsel for the appellant and perused the record. 2. None appears on behalf of the respondents despite service of notice. 3. The present First Appeal From Order has been preferred under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 assailing the judgment and award dated 27.10.2016 passed in Case No.OA/II/U/33/2008 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Lucknow awarding the compensation of an amount of Rs.4.00 Lakhs in favour of respondents/claimant along with interest at the rate of 6% w.e.f. 18.01.2008. 4. The factual matrix of the matter is that on 22.12.2007, the deceased, Sunil Sharma while he was travelling from Lucknow to Kanpur Central on a second class ticket in Train No.4123-Intercity Express accidentally fell down near Manak Nagar Railway Station, Lucknow and sustained serious i