Railway Compensation Can’t Be Denied Solely Due to Missing Ticket: SC

Lata Vs Union of India & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and set aside the orders of the Railway Claims Tribunal and the Madhya Pradesh High Court, holding that the absence of a railway ticket by itself cannot defeat a compensation claim where the surrounding circumstances establish that the deceased was a bona fide passenger. The Court observed that the Railways Act is a beneficial welfare legislation and claims under Section 124A are to be decided on the preponderance of probabilities rather than the criminal standard of proof. It held that the claimant...