MOTILAL B. NALK, J.

( 1 ) SINCE a common question of law is raised in all these Appeals, they are being heard and decided together by this common order.

( 2 ) THESE appeals are preferred under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal act, 1987 by the Union of India, represented by the General Manager, South Central railway, Secunderabad, against five different awards made by the Railway claims Tribunal, Secunderabad.

( 3 ) ON behalf of the appellant-Railways in these appeals, a common question of law is urged before this Court contending that the payment of compensation in respect of an untoward incident arises if the deceased are bonafide railway passengers with a valid ticket and there should be an accidental fall of the deceased passenger from the train carrying passengers.

( 4 ) BEFORE answering the legal issue raised before us, we shall now discuss, in brief, facts of each case separately. C. M. A. No. 2374 of 1998:

( 5 ) THIS appeal is filed against the order in OAA No. 130 of 1997 dated 6-7-1998. Two claimants filed the said OAA claiming compensation for the death caused to the deceased in an untoward incident. According the claimants who are the parents of the deceased, o

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