IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

224 Date of decision : 12.09.2025 Habiba Khatoon and others ...... Appellants versus Union of India ...... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ JAIN Present: Mr. Ujval Mittal, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Sandeep Bhatia, Sr. Standing Counsel for the respondent-UOI.

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PANKAJ JAIN, J. (Oral)

1. This is an appeal against the order passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh dated 10.05.2018 whereby claim application of Rs.4,00,000/- on account of death of Jakir Ahmad son of Shri Jahir Ahmad in an alleged untoward incident was dismissed.

2. The facts pleaded by the claimants are that on 13.09.2015, the deceased was travelling from Ludhiana to Sirhind on a valid ticket. The train however had no scheduled stoppage at Sirhind. When the train slowed down near Sirhind railway station, his co-traveller Mohd. Asfaq managed to alight, but the deceased could not and continued his journey up to Rajpura. When the train reached Rajpura railway station and was moving at a slow speed, the deceased attempted to alight, but accidentally fell down and sustained grievous injuries and succumbed on the way to the hospi