JUDGMENT

1. The present appeal has been filed under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 against the impugned judgment dated 06.03.2018 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Principal Bench, Delhi (hereinafter the “Tribunal”) in Claim Application OA II(u) No. 175/2017, titled as “Sh. Ravindra Singh & Ors. vs. Union of India”.

2. Vide the aforesaid judgment, the Tribunal held the alleged incident to be an “untoward incident” as defined under the Railways Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”), however, it dismissed the claim application filed by the appellants herein on the ground that the deceased was not a bona fide passenger as defined under the Act.

3. The brief facts of the case, as stated in the claim application, are that on 26.08.2016, one Sh. Shubham Rawat (hereinafter referred to as the “deceased”), along with his brother, was travelling from New Delhi to Ghaziabad on the strength of a valid journey ticket. While undertaking the said journey, due to a sudden jerk in the train, the deceased accidentally fell down at the Shivaji Bridge Railway Station, as a result of which, he sustained grievous injuries, and was subsequently taken to Dr. RML Hospit