* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 03.02.2026 Pronounced on : 07.02.2026 Uploaded on : 09.02.2026 + FAO 275/2019 OMVIR SINGH .....Appellant Through: Mr. Rajan Sood, Ms. Ashima Sood and Ms. Megha Sood, Advocates.

versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, CGSC with Ms. Pinky Pawar and Mr. Sainyam Bhardwaj, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI

JUDGMENT

1. The present appeal has been filed under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 assailing the judgment dated 09.01.2018 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Principal Bench, Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the “Tribunal”) in Claim Application No. OA (IIu) 186/2017, whereby the claim petition filed by the appellant seeking statutory compensation on account of injuries sustained in an untoward incident was dismissed.

2. The appellant, Omvir Singh, was the claimant before the Tribunal. He claims to have suffered grievous injuries resulting in permanent disability while travelling as a passenger in a train belonging to the respondent– Railways. The claim petition was filed invoking the provisions of Sections

123(c) and 124-A of the Railways Act, 1989.

3. The cas