High Court of Gujarat Allows Appeal in Railway Accident Claim Case Due to Lack of Evidence of Negligence by Deceased. The court held that the death of a passenger due to falling from a running train due to jerk/jolt constitutes an 'untoward incident' under Section 124A of the Railways Act, 1989, and the railway is strictly liable to pay compensation unless it proves negligence or suicide....
The present First Appeal was filed by the appellants, who are the original applicants, under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987, challenging the judgment and order dated 23.12.2011 pa...
