India, April 27 -- The Bombay High Court set aside an order from the Railway Claims Tribunal that denied compensation to the family of a young doctor who died in a train accident in 2007, ruling the case qualified as an untoward incident and the deceased was a bona fide passenger.

A single-judge bench of justice Jitendra Jain directed the Central Railway (CR) to pay the petitioner Rs.4 lakh in compensation, plus 6% interest capped at Rs.8 lakh, into their bank account within eight weeks.

The doctor had travelled to Mumbai to appear for his DGO examination. On October 17, 2007, he purchased a ticket around 9.30 pm to travel from CST to Bhusawal. Later that night, at approximately 11.30 pm, he met with a fatal accident between Mulund and ...