accidental fall

Fatal fall from train untoward incident
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“In matters governed by beneficial legislation, the benefit of doubt should go in the person’s favour who has met with the accident. Railways could have supported its case by examining the co-passenger or guard or by leading expert evidence to show that a person falling from a moving train could not get entangled in its wheels.”

Railway employee travelling on pass held bona fide passenger
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Merely because an employee holding a valid pass fails to mention details himself, it cannot be held that he was travelling without a valid pass.”