The Delhi High Court has dismissed a compensation claim arising from the death of a man allegedly caused by a fall from a moving train, holding that the claimant failed to establish the foundational requirement that the deceased was a bona fide passenger on the train in question.
Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri upheld the Railway Claims Tribunal's 2014 decision rejecting the claim filed by Sunaina Devi, widow of Shambhu Manjhi.