MOHINDER PAL
Mohan Lal – Appellant
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Union of India through GM, Northern Railways – Respondent
MOHINDER PAL, J.
The appellants are aggrieved against the judgment dated 25.1.2010 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as `the Tribunal') whereby claim petition filed by them seeking compensation on account of the death of Smt. Attar Devi in a railway untoward incident on 9.6.2008 has been dismissed by holding that the deceased jumped out of the running train, therefore, the injuries sustained by her in that process were proved to be self-inflicted one, which prohibits payment of any compensation to the claimants as per the proviso (b) and (c) to Section 124-A of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act (`hereinafter referred to as `the Act’).
2. Smt. Attar Devi along with her sister Smt. Satya Devi and some other relatives were going from Hisar to Haridwar on 8.6.2008 by train. They purchased railway tickets at Hisar railway station for Dhuri and boarded the train. After reaching at Dhuri railway station, they were waiting for the train for Haridwar. One train was stationed at the platform and one passenger told them that the said train was going to Haridwar, therefore, they boarded the said train. When the train proceeded t
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