India, July 15 -- Seventeen years after a Jalna businessman and three others were killed when their car was struck by a train at an unmanned railway crossing, the Bombay High Court has held the South Central Railway primarily responsible and ordered it to pay Rs.3.8 crore in compensation to the victim's family.

The division bench of Justices Kishore C Sant and Ajit B Khadethankar ruled that the Railways were 75% liable for the March 22, 2009 accident at Level Crossing No. 59 on the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Karmad route. The remaining 25% liability was placed on the car driver for contributory negligence.

Businessman Anil Jindal, his driver and two others were killed when their car was hit by a passenger train travelling from Chhatrapat...