Sri. Halesha R.G. learned counsel for appellants and

Sri. Satish Kumar N., learned counsel for respondent have

appeared in person.

For the sake of convenience, the ranking of the

parties is referred to as per their ranking before the

Railway Claims Tribunal Bangalore Bench at Bangalore.

The applicants filed application under Section 16 of

the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 read with Section

124-A of Railways Act, 1989 seeking compensation of

Rs.8,00,000/- (Rupees Eight Lakhs only) with interest for

the death of deceased Ameer Khan who is said to have

died in untoward incident.

The first applicant is the wife and applicants 2 to 5, 7

to 9 are sons and applicants 6 and 8 are the daughters of

the deceased.

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The applicants narrated the incident that deceased

Ameer Khan travelling from Chikkabanavar to Tumkur by

purchasing

railway

ticket

for

Rs.10/-

vide

ticket

No.11587381 dated 21.01.2012 due to heavy rush in the

train, he must have sat and stood near by the door of the

train and near Tumkur Railway Station he accidentally fell

down from the train and got grievous injuries to his legs

and other parts and immediately shifted by 108 ambulance

and on the way he died. The app