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Supreme Court: Compensation for Train Accident Victims Even Without Ticket.
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News18•26-09-2026, 15:58
Supreme Court: Compensation for Train Accident Victims Even Without Ticket.
- •Supreme Court provides significant relief to parents of a person who died in a train accident.
- •Court rules compensation claim cannot be dismissed solely due to a missing train ticket.
- •Railways ordered to pay 8 lakh rupees compensation to the deceased's parents within 30 days.
- •Maheshbhai fell from a train on September 27, 2017, while traveling from Ahmedabad to Surat, and passed away on October 31, 2017.
- •Supreme Court reinstated the Railway Claims Tribunal's compensation order, overturning the Gujarat High Court's decision.
Key Questions Answered
No, the Supreme Court ruled that a compensation claim cannot be dismissed solely because a train ticket was not recovered from the deceased passenger after the accident. The entire sequence of events and available circumstances must be considered.
The Supreme Court reinstated the Railway Claims Tribunal's order awarding 8 lakh rupees in compensation to the deceased passenger's parents and directed the Railways to pay this amount within 30 days.
Once the deceased's father swore an affidavit stating that his son had purchased a ticket, the responsibility to disprove this claim and prove that he was not a valid passenger shifted to the Railways.
