Railway Accident Archives

man lost both legs in train accident due to overcrowding

“Railways must equally protect lives of passengers in general class and higher classes”: MP HC grants relief to man who lost both legs in train accident due to overcrowding

“The value of human life does not vary with the category of ticket purchased. Every passenger, irrespective of class, is entitled to the same standard of safety, care, and vigilance from the Railways.”

Case Briefs High Courts

[Train Accidents] | “Injury sustained while deboarding from the wrong train cannot be termed as self-inflicted injury”: Bombay HC

Setting aside the decision of the Railway Claims Tribunal and awarding compensation to legal representatives of the deceased the Court stated that a rash and negligent act cannot be equated with a criminal act resulting in self-inflicted injury and held that the injury sustained by the deceased was an ‘untoward incident’ as under Section 123(c)(2) of the 1989 Act.

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Merely not finding a ticket from the body of a person who died in railway accident does not prove that deceased was a ticket less passenger

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Dr Ravi Ranjan, J. allowed the appeal filed by legal heirs of a person who died in