IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY Digitally signed CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION by PRACHI PRACHI PRANESH PRANESH NANDIWADEKAR NANDIWADEKAR FIRST APPEAL NO.448 OF 2017 Date: 2026.05.04 15:53:55 +0530

1. Rayappa Jayaseelan Antony Chetiyar )

Aged 46 years (father) )

2. Smt. Victorya Rayappa Jayaseelan Chetiyar )

Aged 41 years (mother) ) residing at -Vivekanand Nagar, ) Behind St John School, )

S. V. Road, Goregaon (West), Mumbai – 104. ) ...Appellants (Orig. Applicants)

V/s.

Union of India through the General Manager, )

Western Railway, ) Having his office at G. M. Building, )

Churchgate. ) .…Respondent ----

Mr. Vaneet Khosla for the appellants/orig.applicants.

Mr. Chetan C. Agrawal for the respondent.

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CORAM : JITENDRA JAIN, J.

DATED : 4th May 2026 Judgment :-

1. This appeal is filed by the original applicants, who are dependents of the deceased Mr. Arogyaraj Chetiyar, to challenge an order of the Railway Claims Tribunal, Mumbai (‘Tribunal’), whereby the original application came to be rejected on the ground that Mr. Arogyaraj Chetiyar did not die on account of an “untoward incident” within the meaning of Section 123(c)

(2) of the Railways Act, 1989.

2. I have heard Mr. Khosla, learned co