Case Law Analysis
|Allahabad High Court
Section 123(c)(2) Railways Act | Peeping Out of Moving Train Qualifies as 'Untoward Incident' for Compensation: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a passenger’s fatal fall after leaning out of a moving train to check the platform constitutes an 'untoward incident' under the Railways Act, entitling dependents to Rs. 4 lakh compensation plus 7% interest. This expands the scope of railway liability beyond mere operational failures to include passenger actions that are impulsive but not intentional self-harm, setting a critical precedent for future claims.