Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 577 · Decided 5 May 2008
Union of India v. Prabhakaran Vijaya Kumar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 577 · [2008] 7 S.C.R. 673
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6898/2002
- Decided
- 5 May 2008
- Bench
- H.K. SEMA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Railways Act, 1989 - SS. 124(A) and 123(c) - Compensation on account of 'untoward incident' - Claim of - Bonafide passenger fell on to railway track when trying to get c into the moving train and run over by train - Held: Comes within expression 'accidental falling of a passenger from a train 'untoward incident' - Instant case is covered bys. 124A - It cannot be said that there was no fault on part of Railways or that there was contributory D negligence - Thus, order of High Court granting compensation ...; upheld - Interpretation of statutes . Interpretation of statutes - Expression
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