Mumbai, Dec 9 (PTI) A person travelling for work in suburban trains during peak hours has no choice but to risk his life by standing near the train door, and this cannot be termed as negligence, the Bombay High Court said, upholding the compensation granted to the family of a man killed in a railway accident.

A single bench of Justice Jitendra Jain on Monday refused to accept the Railway authority’s contention that the accident was caused due to the negligent behaviour of the victim, who was standing on the footboard near the train door.

The Union government had filed an appeal in the high court, challenging a December 2009 order of the Railway Claims Tribunal granting compensation to the victim’s family. Show Full Article

On October 28, 2005, the man fell from the train while travellin

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