* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 13.02.2026 Pronounced on : 16.02.2026 Uploaded on : 16.02.2026 + FAO 237/2022 GURUVACHAN SINGH .....Appellant Through: Mr. Rajan Sood, Ms. Ashima Sood, and Ms. Megha Sood, Advocates.

versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ruchir Mishra, Advocate.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI

JUDGMENT

1. The appellant, being the claimant before the Railway Claims Tribunal, Principal Bench, Delhi (hereinafter “the Tribunal”), is aggrieved by the dismissal of his claim application vide the impugned judgment dated

29.03.2022 passed in Case No. OA(IIu)/DLI(LKO)/275/ 2021.

2. The claim application came to be filed in the context of an incident wherein one Sh. Shahvanshee (since deceased), aged 82 years, undertook a train journey on 10.06.2015 from Etawah to Shikohabad on Kanpur-Tundla Passenger Train. It was claimed that while travelling in the said train, the deceased fell from the train near Jaswantnagar Railway Station and suffered fatal injuries. The Tribunal reached the conclusion that the deceased was neither a bona fide passenger nor had he died in an “untoward incident” as defined under Section 123(c) of the Railways A