Non-recovery of train ticket from deceased passenger can't defeat compensation claim: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India ruled that the absence of a physical train ticket does not invalidate a compensation claim for a deceased passenger. The court set aside a High Court order, noting that the victim's death following an accidental fall from a train constitutes an 'untoward incident' regardless of ticket recovery.
Why it matters
This establishes a legal precedent protecting the rights of accident victims' families against overly rigid evidentiary requirements by railway authorities.
The Supreme Court has said the absence of recovery of a train ticket from a deceased passenger cannot result in defeating the compensation claim, as it restored the payout awarded to the parents of a man who died after falling from a moving train in Gujarat in 2017.
A Bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and A.S. Chandurkar set aside the order of the Gujarat High Court rejecting the compensation awarded to the parents of Maheshbhai, who died falling off the general compartment following a sudden jerk and jolt while travelling to Surat via Ahmedabad on September 27, 2017.
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