New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- 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.

The Court noted a crucial discrepancy in the railway ticket relied upon by the claimant. While it was alleged that Manjhi was travelling from Patna Junction to New Delhi on the Brahmaputra Mail on April 17, 2011, the ticket produced in support of the claim showed that it was purchased at 5:47 pm on...