FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. 64 of 2020 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. - 64 of 2020 U.O.I. Prabhandak U.P. Railway N. Delhi .....Appellant(s) Versus Smt. Susheela Devi And Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Manendra Nath Rai, Raj Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Krishna Kumar Singh, Anshu Singh Court No. - 20 HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. 1. Heard Shri Raj Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the appellant as well as Shri Krishna Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the respondents/claimants and perused the record. 2. The instant appeal has been preferred under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 against the judgment and order dated 06.12.2019 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow (hereinafter referred to as 'Tribunal') in Case No.OA/II/U/937/12 (Smt. Susheela Devi & others vs. Union of India), whereby compensation of Rs.8,00,000/- along with interest has been awarded in favour of the claimants-respondents. 3. Brief facts of the case are that on 31.07.2012/01.08.2012 one Prem Kumar was travelling from Lucknow to Balamau in a passenger train because of excessive crowd and a sudden jerk, he fell down from the train and got seri