Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 541 · Decided 16 May 2023
Kamukayi & ORS. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 541 · [2023] 6 S.C.R. 399
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3799/2023
- Decided
- 16 May 2023
- Bench
- SURYA KANT, J.K. MAHESHWARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Railways Act, 1989 - ss. 123(c) and 124 - Railway Passengers (Manner of Investigation of Untoward Incidents) Rules, 2003 - r. 7 - Claim for compensation - Victim-deceased fell down from the running train between platform and track and sustained grave injuries the spot - FIR was registered - Inquest report and final report submitted clearly revealed that death was an outcome of untoward railway incident - Claim petition was filed before the Railways claims Tribunal - Claims Tribunal held that appellants had failed to prove the
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