SHRI. DURGAIAH KOMURAVELLI VANEET KHOSLA vs UNION OF INDIA Advocate - T J PANDIAN, RESPONDENTS — FA/490/2016

Case under Railway Claim Tribunal Act Section 23. Disposed: Contested--Disposed Off on 15th April 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 09-Sep-2019

CNR: HCBM010160972015

Filing Number

FA/10700/2015

Filing Date

30-Mar-2015

Registration No

FA/490/2016

Registration Date

01-Apr-2016

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Jitendra Shantilal Jain

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Jitendra Shantilal Jain

Bench Type

Single

Category

FIRST APPEAL ( 53 )

Sub-Category

Other Appeals - Single Bench ( 6 )

Judicial Branch

Civil

Decision Date

15-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Disposed Off

Last updated 24-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Railway Claim Tribunal Act Section 23

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SHRI. DURGAIAH KOMURAVELLI VANEET KHOSLA

  2. 2.SMT. BUCHAVVA KOMURAVELLI

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.UNION OF INDIA Advocate - T J PANDIAN, RESPONDENTS

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 15-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Jitendra Shantilal JainView PDF

    The High Court of Bombay allowed the appeal and held that the deceased's death while traveling on a valid railway ticket constituted an "untoward incident" under Section 123 of the Railways Act, 1989. The court found the deceased was a bonafide passenger and, in the absence of any eyewitness testimony from the Railways to prove he was crossing tracks, applied the benefit of doubt in favor of the claimants based on circumstantial evidence. The mother of the deceased is awarded compensation of Rs. 4 lakhs, payable within eight weeks. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 15-Apr-2026

    At 4.00 P.M.

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Jitendra Shantilal Jain

  4. 09-Apr-2026

    At 4.00 P.M.

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Jitendra Shantilal Jain

  5. 13-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Jitendra Shantilal JainView PDF

  6. 22-Sep-2025

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye

  7. 18-Aug-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. SathayeView PDF

  8. 18-Aug-2025

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye

  9. 22-Jul-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. SathayeView PDF

  10. 22-Jul-2025

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye

  11. 24-Jun-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. SathayeView PDF

  12. 24-Jun-2025

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh

  13. 21-Apr-2025

    Hon'ble Justice Sharmila U. DeshmukhView PDF

  14. 21-Apr-2025

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh

  15. 24-Mar-2025

    Hon'ble Justice Sharmila U. DeshmukhView PDF

  16. 07-May-2022

    National Lok Adalat,hon'ble Smt. Justice Anuja PrabhudessaiView PDF

  17. 07-May-2022

    For Orders (Regular)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay Ahuja , National Lok Adalat

  18. 12-Mar-2022

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay Ahuja,national Lok AdalatView PDF

  19. 10-Jan-2022

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Prithviraj K. Chavan

  20. 22-Dec-2021

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Prithviraj K. ChavanView PDF

  21. 08-Sep-2020

    Appeals For Admission - Fresh [Civil Side Matters]

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. S. Karnik

  22. 14-Oct-2019

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice Anuja PrabhudessaiView PDF

  23. 14-Oct-2019

    For Admission - Fresh (First Appeals)

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice Anuja Prabhudessai

  24. 23-Sep-2019

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice Anuja PrabhudessaiView PDF

  25. 23-Sep-2019

    For Admission - Fresh (First Appeals)

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice Anuja Prabhudessai

  26. 09-Sep-2019

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice Anuja PrabhudessaiView PDF

  27. 09-Sep-2019

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  28. 09-Jul-2015
  29. 30-Mar-2015

    Case filed

    Registration No. FA/490/2016

casestatus.in Summary

The High Court of Bombay allowed the appeal and held that the deceased's death while traveling on a valid railway ticket constituted an "untoward incident" under Section 123 of the Railways Act, 1989. The court found the deceased was a bonafide passenger and, in the absence of any eyewitness testimony from the Railways to prove he was crossing tracks, applied the benefit of doubt in favor of the claimants based on circumstantial evidence. The mother of the deceased is awarded compensation of Rs. 4 lakhs, payable within eight weeks. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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