Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT,

CUTTACK

Date: 03-Dec-2025 18:46:02

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

F.A.O No.36 of 2021

(In the matter of an application under Section 23 of the Railway

Claims Tribunal Act, 1987).

Bhanu Majhi …. Appellant(s)

-versus-

Union of India …. Respondent(s)

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Appellant (s) : Mr. Sambit Das, Advocate For Respondent (s) : Mr. Rakesh Behera, CGC

CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI

DATE OF HEARING:-13.11.2025

DATE OF JUDGMENT:-29.11.2025

Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. In the present appeal, the Appellant challenges the judgment and order

dated 06.01.2020 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Bhubaneswar Bench, Bhubaneswar (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal” for brevity) in O.A.(IIU) Case No.234 of 2016 dismissing her claim application for compensation arising out of the death of her daughter alleged to have occurred in an ‘untoward incident’ within the meaning

of Section 124A of the Railways Act, 1989.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE

2. The factual matrix as set out in the case reveals that:

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 03-Dec-2025 18:46:02 (i) On 23.05.2016 the deceased, Smt. Pada Majhi, undertook a jour