FA/1143/2014

NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/1143/2014 JUDGMENT DATED: 05/05/2026 2026:GUJHC:31891 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 1143 of 2014 ========================================================== BHAGWANBHAI DATTUBHAI PATIL (KALE) (SINCE DECED' THRU LEGAL HEIRS) & ORS. Versus UNION OF INDIA ========================================================== Appearance: DECEASED LITIGANT THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS/ REPRESTENTATIVES for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR RATHIN P RAVAL(5013) for the Appellant(s) No. 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4 MR PUNIT B JUNEJA(3972) for the Defendant(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI Date : 05/05/2026 JUDGMENT 1. The present First Appeal is filed under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987, challenging the judgment and order dated 14.12.2012 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Ahmedabad Bench, Ahmedabad, in Case No.OA 0600105, by which, the learned Member (Technical) dismissed the claim petition on the ground that the claimants failed to prove that the deceased Vatsalaben Bhagwandas Patil, was a bona fide passenger. 2. Brief facts of the case are that, according to the claimant/s, t