274 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 16.02.2026 ANITA DEVI @ ANEETA DEVI AND ANR ....Appellants Versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ JAIN Present : Mr. Upender Prashar, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Ashish Rawal, Advocate for respondent No.1.

PANKAJ JAIN, J. (ORAL)

Challenge is to the order dated 16.11.2017 passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh whereby claim application filed by the appellants seeking compensation on account of death of one Sanjeev Salathia claimed to have died in an untoward incident dated

08.11.2013 while travelling in a train, has been rejected.

2. Counsel for the appellants has drawn attention of this Court to the findings recorded by the Tribunal on Issues No.1 and 2. He submits that even though it was recorded by the Tribunal that as per DRM report, railway ticket Ex Vijaypur to Jammu was recovered from the personal search of the deceased yet the claim petition has been dismissed holding that the deceased having tried to board moving train was negligent and thus would fall within the exceptions carved out under Section 123(c)(2) of the Railways Act,