India, March 26 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday held that compensation cannot be denied to a passenger who was injured while attempting to de-board a running express train after mistakenly boarding it without knowing that it would not halt at his destination.

Justice Jitendra Jain observed that no fault can be attributed to such a passenger, particularly as there are no display boards or public announcements informing passengers about halts of long-distance express trains, unlike suburban railway services.

The court was hearing an appeal filed by Rohidas Kumawat, a resident of Paregaon in Nashik district, who challenged a January 31, 2018 order of the Railway Claims Tribunal, Mumbai, which had rejected his compensation claim. Kumawa...