{"id":368384,"date":"2025-12-02T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=368384"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:39:28","slug":"railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/","title":{"rendered":"Circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove ‘untoward incident’ under Railways Act: Bombay HC grants compensation to deceased’s parents"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Bombay High Court:<\/span> In a case revolving around the question whether the death of a 17-year-old boy, who fell from a moving local train, could be classified as an ‘untoward incident’ under the Railways Act, 1989<\/a> (‘Railways Act’), the Railway Claims Tribunal (‘Tribunal’) had dismissed the family’s claim of compensation. However, a Single Judge Bench of Jitendra Jain<\/span>, J., while allowing the appeal, quashed the Tribunal’s order, holding that the incident amounted to an ‘untoward incident’ and that the deceased was a bona fide passenger, thereby granting compensation of Rs 4 lakh with interest, subject to a cap of Rs 8 lakh.<\/p>\n

Background:<\/h3>\n

On 05-09-2008, the deceased, a 17-year-old boy, was traveling with his friends by local train to take darshan of Lord Ganesh at Lalbaug. Due to rush in the train, he fell off between Elphinstone and Lower Parel railway stations. His friends, instead of informing the station officials about the incident, took him to the KEM Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival by the doctors.<\/p>\n

The parents of the deceased (‘appellants’) claimed compensation from the respondent on account of their son’s death under the Railways Act and the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987<\/a>. However, the Tribunal, vide order dated 29-01-2016, dismissed their claim on the grounds that the deceased was not a bona fide passenger, and that the incident was not reported to railway officials, and no Station Master’s report existed.<\/p>\n

Analysis and Decision:<\/h3>\n

Regarding the non-reporting of the incident by the friends of the deceased to the nearest railway station officials, the Court opined that the deceased and his friends were in the age group of 17-18 years and when the deceased fell from the train, his friends might be shocked and frightened and therefore, instead of informing the station officials, they rushed back to the spot and took him to the hospital.<\/p>\n

The Court noted that the incident was recorded in the inquest panchnama dated 06-09-2008. Further, one of the deceased’s friends who arrived at the hospital in the early hours of 06-09-2008, narrated the incident to the police officials and doctor present at the KEM hospital, which was also a circumstantial evidence. The postmortem report prepared by the hospital stated the cause of death as head injury, which was most likely to happen when a person fell from a moving train. The incident was documented in reports by IPF\/Headquarter\/BCT and the Railway Police Inspector, and also recorded at Mumbai Central Police Station, which directed Dadar police to KEM Hospital.<\/p>\n

The Court opined that the circumstantial evidence, referred above, clearly indicated that the incident had happened and at the first available instance, the same was narrated to various authorities. The Court observed that the circumstantial documentary evidence and the examination and evidence led by the appellants showed that the incident had happened. However, the only fault of the friends was that they did not inform the station officials, though they did inform the police authorities at the KEM hospital, and the other authorities also reported it. Therefore, it could not be said that there was no ‘untoward incident’ which resulted in the death of the deceased on account of fall from a moving train.<\/p>\n

The Court emphasised that the Railways Act is a beneficial legislation, and even in criminal matters, circumstantial evidence is taken into consideration for deciding whether the offence was committed or not. Thus, the Court observed that circumstantial evidence could be considered for deciding whether an ‘untoward incident’ occurred or not, more so when there was no indication that the present application was fraud.<\/p>\n

The Court opined that while adjudicating criminal matters, the dying declaration plays a very important role as it is based on the principle that a person at the last stage of his life would always speak the truth, and consequently, observed that when the accident happened, the statements made at the first available instance before the State authorities must be accepted as an important piece of evidence for adjudicating the occurrence of an ‘untoward incident’.<\/p>\n

The Court relied on Har Parshad Nanda<\/span> v. Union of India<\/span>, 2018 SCC OnLine P&H 1952<\/span><\/a>, wherein it was observed that the non-reporting of an incident to the Station Master is not fatal to the claim, as in such a situation, the primary concern is to save the injured and not to go to the authorities to lodge the incident.<\/p>\n

Regarding whether the deceased being a bona fide passenger or not, the Court noted that the deceased’s friend gave a statement that all of them had purchased a railway ticket to go to Lalbaug. The Court followed Union of India<\/span> v. Rina Devi<\/span>, (2019) 3 SCC 572<\/span><\/a>, and concluded that the condition of a bona fide passenger was also satisfied in the case, and that demanding the production of a physical ticket in 2014 which was purchased in 2008, could not be permitted in appeal.<\/p>\n

Consequently, the Court, while allowing the appeal, quashed and set aside the Tribunal’s order and ordered compensation of Rs 4 lakh to be paid to the appellants, along with 6 percent interest from the date of the accident till the date of payment, subject to a cap of Rs 8 lakh.<\/p>\n

[Dhondu Sakharam Tambe v. Union of India, 2025 SCC OnLine Bom 4610<\/a>, decided on 21-11-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n

For the Appellants:<\/span> Balasaheb Deshmukh i\/by Deepak T. Ajagekar.<\/p>\n

For the Respondent:<\/span> T. J. Pandian a\/w. Gautam Modanwal a\/w. Noorjahan Khan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The Railways Act is a beneficial legislation, and even in criminal matters, circumstantial evidence is taken into consideration for deciding whether the offence was committed or not.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":368385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[2569,70272,3433,7931,67938,47395,53052,35211,52446],"class_list":["post-368384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-Bombay_High_Court","tag-bona-fide-passenger","tag-circumstantial_evidence","tag-dying-declaration","tag-justice-jitendra-jain","tag-railway-claims-tribunal","tag-railway-claims-tribunal-act-1987","tag-railways-act-1989","tag-untoward-incident"],"yoast_head":"\nRailways Act: Circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove untoward incident: BomHC | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bombay High Court observes that under Railways Act, circumstantial evidence is sufficient to prove untoward incident and grants compensation to deceased' parents\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove 'untoward incident' under Railways Act: Bombay HC grants compensation to deceased's parents\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bombay High Court observes that under Railways Act, circumstantial evidence is sufficient to prove untoward incident and grants compensation to deceased' parents\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-02T05:30:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-03T10:39:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Railways-Act-circumstantial-evidence.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove 'untoward incident' under Railways Act: Bombay HC grants compensation to deceased's parents\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/\",\"name\":\"Railways Act: Circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove untoward incident: BomHC | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Railways-Act-circumstantial-evidence.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-02T05:30:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-03T10:39:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\"},\"description\":\"Bombay High Court observes that under Railways Act, circumstantial evidence is sufficient to prove untoward incident and grants compensation to deceased' parents\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Railways-Act-circumstantial-evidence.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Railways-Act-circumstantial-evidence.webp\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533,\"caption\":\"Railways Act circumstantial evidence\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove ‘untoward incident’ under Railways Act: Bombay HC grants compensation to deceased’s parents\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Railways Act: Circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove untoward incident: BomHC | SCC Times","description":"Bombay High Court observes that under Railways Act, circumstantial evidence is sufficient to prove untoward incident and grants compensation to deceased' parents","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove 'untoward incident' under Railways Act: Bombay HC grants compensation to deceased's parents","og_description":"Bombay High Court observes that under Railways Act, circumstantial evidence is sufficient to prove untoward incident and grants compensation to deceased' parents","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2025-12-02T05:30:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-03T10:39:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Railways-Act-circumstantial-evidence.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove 'untoward incident' under Railways Act: Bombay HC grants compensation to deceased's parents","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/","name":"Railways Act: Circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove untoward incident: BomHC | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Railways-Act-circumstantial-evidence.webp","datePublished":"2025-12-02T05:30:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-03T10:39:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe"},"description":"Bombay High Court observes that under Railways Act, circumstantial evidence is sufficient to prove untoward incident and grants compensation to deceased' parents","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Railways-Act-circumstantial-evidence.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Railways-Act-circumstantial-evidence.webp","width":800,"height":533,"caption":"Railways Act circumstantial evidence"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/12\/02\/railways-act-circumstantial-evidence-sufficient-to-prove-untoward-incident-bom-hc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Circumstantial evidence sufficient to prove ‘untoward incident’ under Railways Act: Bombay HC grants compensation to deceased’s parents"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Railways-Act-circumstantial-evidence.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":325204,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/27\/bombay-hc-set-aside-railway-tribunal-judgment-deceased-death-held-to-be-untoward-incident\/","url_meta":{"origin":368384,"position":0},"title":"[Train Accidents] | \u201cInjury sustained while deboarding from the wrong train cannot be termed as self-inflicted injury\u201d: Bombay HC","author":"Editor","date":"June 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"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 \u2018untoward\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bombay High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":275903,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/10\/18\/bombay-hc-a-bonafide-train-passenger-being-forced-to-walk-on-the-railway-tracks-due-to-absence-of-overbridge-cannot-be-said-as-negligent\/","url_meta":{"origin":368384,"position":1},"title":"Bombay HC |A bonafide train passenger being forced to walk on the railway tracks due to absence of overbridge cannot be said as \u2018negligent\u2019","author":"Editor","date":"October 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A person who comes from a village looking for a job, boards a passenger train holding a valid journey ticket, alights from the train and is trying to exit the Railway Station in the absence of overbridge being forced to walk along the tracks and gets hit by another train\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bombay High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":352757,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/07\/08\/bom-hc-on-compensation-to-deceased-lr-after-fall-from-train\/","url_meta":{"origin":368384,"position":2},"title":"Bombay HC grants Rs 8 lakh compensation to deceased\u2019s legal representative after accidental fall from local train","author":"Editor","date":"July 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe primary facts to enforce the strict liability of the railway administration are established and the fact that the Tribunal unjustifiably rejected the claim, did not defeat such vested right in the event the dependent\/claimant died after preferring an appeal.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"compensation deceased LR fall train","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/blog-2-1.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/blog-2-1.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/blog-2-1.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/blog-2-1.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":296352,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/09\/train-accidents-a-guide-to-claim-compensation-from-railways\/","url_meta":{"origin":368384,"position":3},"title":"Train Accidents: A Guide to Claim Compensation from Railways","author":"Apoorva","date":"July 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Around 22 benches of the Railway claims Tribunal have been set up at different parts of the country to decide the application for compensation","rel":"","context":"In "Law made Easy"","block_context":{"text":"Law made Easy","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/law-made-easy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"train accidents","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/train-accidents.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/train-accidents.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/train-accidents.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/train-accidents.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":267445,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/05\/27\/if-a-passenger-carries-a-season-ticket-on-local-train-but-fails-to-provide-an-identity-card-would-he-be-not-covered-under-bonafide-passenger\/","url_meta":{"origin":368384,"position":4},"title":"If a passenger carries a season ticket on local train but fails to provide an identity card, would he be not covered under \u2018Bonafide Passenger\u2019? Bom HC resolves","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"May 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Bombay High Court: While partly allowing the appeal wherein a passenger sustained injuries in an untoward incident, Sandeep K. Shinde, J., expressed that, Railway Claim Tribunal, shall proceed to grant compensation to the appellants in terms of Rule 3 of the Rules, 1990, after verifying the medical evidence produced by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BomPassenger.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BomPassenger.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BomPassenger.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BomPassenger.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BomPassenger.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":294703,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/06\/15\/mere-absence-of-railway-ticket-on-deceased-does-not-negate-bonafide-passenger-sc-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":368384,"position":5},"title":"[Railway Compensation Claim] Mere absence of railway ticket on deceased does not negate them of being a bonafide passenger: SC","author":"Editor","date":"June 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2018Passenger\u2019 would include a person who has purchased a valid ticket for travelling by a train carrying passengers on any date or a valid platform ticket and becomes a victim of an untoward incident.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"railway compensation claim","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/railway-compensation-claim.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/railway-compensation-claim.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/railway-compensation-claim.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/railway-compensation-claim.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}