By Shri. Rajeev Jain, Member (J) RCT/Jaipur Circuit Bench at RCT/Mumbai

JUDGEMENT

1. This Claim Application is filed by the applicants under Section 16 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 read with Section 123 (c) (2) & Section 124 - A of the Railways Act, 1989 for compensation arising out of an alleged untoward incident occurred on 13.06.2017 involving death of Siddharth Subhash Salve, (herein after referred as the deceased). The Applicants claim that, being wife, children and parents of the deceased, are dependents of Siddharth Subhash Salve .

The factual matrix of the matter in nut-shell is as below:

2. It is stated that, the deceased, Siddharth Subhash Salve, was a resident of Nandurbar. It is alleged that, on 13.06.2017, the deceased was travelling from Khandbara to Ukai Railway Station by train no. 59078 Bhusaval-Surat Passenger. When the train was near Khandbara Railway Station, at K.M. no. 133/01-03 the deceased, due to a sudden push from co-passengers, accidentally fell down from the running train