Missing Ticket No Reason To Deny Compensation: Court Awards Rs 8 Lakh To Widow
The Allahabad High Court ruled that the absence of a physical train ticket cannot be the sole reason for denying compensation to the family of a deceased passenger. The court ordered the Railways to pay Rs 8 lakh to the widow of a man who died in a train accident.
Why it matters
This legal precedent protects the rights of accident victims' families against bureaucratic hurdles in compensation claims.
Awarding Rs 8 lakh to the widow of a man who died after falling from a moving train in 2011, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday held that mere non-recovery of a railway ticket from a deceased passenger cannot by itself be a ground to deny compensation to his dependants.Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, while allowing an appeal, set aside the Railway Claims Tribunal's 2017 order rejecting the compensation claim filed by Lali, widow of Shiv Narayan Singh.The deceased had boarded the Lal Qila Express at Etawah on November 21, 2011 for Delhi and allegedly fell from the moving train near Sarai Bhupat railway station.Holding that while the initial burden is on the claimant to establish bona fide travel, it said absence of a ticket…
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