Observing that death or injury caused in the course of boarding or de-boarding train is an untoward incident, the High Court of Karnataka has awarded a compensation of ₹8 lakh to the legal heirs of an elderly woman, who had died while alighting a train at Channapatna railway station after realising that she had boarded a wrong train.
Justice H.P. Sandesh passed the order while allowing a petition filed by the legal heirs of Jayamma, who had died at the railway station on February 22, 2014.
Jayamma, along with her sister Rathnamma ,had purchased tickets to go to Mysuru on the Tirupati-Mysuru passenger train. However, by mistake, they boarded the Tuticorin express train. On releasing this, the duo alighted from that train during which Jayamma fell on the platform and died on the spot, while her sister managed to alight safely.
