IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 210 of 2026 ==========================================================

UNION OF INDIA - GENERAL MANAGER Versus DEBJANI DEY & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR HARSHEEL D SHUKLA(6158) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 NOTICE THROUGH SPEED POST SERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 1,2,3 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI Date : 24/04/2026

JUDGMENT

1. This First Appeal u/s 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 (in short “the Act”) is directed against the judgment and order dated 12.8.2025 passed by the leaned Railway Claims Tribunal, Ahmedabad Bench, Ahmedabad in Case No.OA (Iiu) No.603 of 2025, whereby the the learned Railway Tribunal allowed claim of Rs.8 lakh plus interest from the date of incident till the amount actually realized.

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 03.06.2024 the deceased was bonafide passenger who wanted to go from Ahmedabad (ADI) to Gandhidham (GIMB) in train no. 20936 Indore-Gandhidham weekly SF Express. During the course of boarding the train at platform no.4 of ADI station, he lost his balance due t