New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- The Delhi High Court, in a recent Judgement set aside the order passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal denying compensation to a passenger's family who died after falling from an express Superfast train. The tribunal had said that a Monthly Season Ticket (MST) was not valid for travel in a Superfast train. The High Court said that there were no such instructions to show that journey in an unreserved coach of an express on an MST was not permitted.

Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri allowed the petition moved by the family members of the deceased after setting aside the order passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal and directed it to decide the amount of compensation.

The High Court noted that the deceased was found carrying a v...