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Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Union Of India vs Muralidhar on 12 December, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nMFA.No. 209 of 2008()\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA, REP. BY THE GENERAL\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. KONKAN RAILWAY CORPORATION REP. BY ITS\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. MURALIDHAR, S\/O.RAMAN,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.M.C.CHERIAN,SR.SC.,RAILWAYS\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice J.B.KOSHY\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice THOMAS P.JOSEPH\n\n Dated :12\/12\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                     J.B.KOSHY & THOMAS P. JOSEPH, JJ.\n                           --------------------------------------\n                              M.F.A.No.209 of 2008\n                           --------------------------------------\n                  Dated this the 12th day of December, 2008.\n\n                                     JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
Thomas P.Joseph, J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       Heard counsel for appellants.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       2.      The Union of India, represented by General Manager, Southern<\/p>\n
Railway and the Konkan Railway Corporation, represented by its Chairman seek<\/p>\n
to unsettle the judgment of Railway Claims Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench (for<\/p>\n
short, ‘the Tribunal’) awarding compensation of Rupees four lakhs with interest at<\/p>\n
the rate of 9% per annum from the date of registration of the case till payment<\/p>\n
contending that no “untoward incident” has             occurred,   as claimed  by<\/p>\n
respondent\/claimant.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       3.      Respondent claimed that he was a bona fide passenger in train<\/p>\n
No.2619 on 17.4.2000, travelling from Mangaon to Ottappalam via Mangalore<\/p>\n
and just before the train reached Veer Railway Station, he was thrown out<\/p>\n
through the door of the compartment on its left side while the train was moving<\/p>\n
due to the rush in the compartment. His right arm was trapped under the train<\/p>\n
and was cut off. He claimed that he lost his luggage and railway ticket in the<\/p>\n
incident.\n<\/p>\n
MFA No.209\/2008<\/p>\n
                                          2<\/span><\/p>\n
       4.     Appellant No.1 filed counter statement contending that no such<\/p>\n
incident involving train No,.1619 occurred and that there was no possibility of<\/p>\n
the respondent falling into the track if at all he fell down from the speeding train.<\/p>\n
The Station Master of Veer Railway Station reported that respondent came to<\/p>\n
that Railway Station on 18.4.2000 at about 8 a.m. with his right hand cut off and<\/p>\n
profusely bleeding claiming that       he was       a bona fide passenger in train<\/p>\n
No.2619. Station Master admitted him in a hospital at Mahad. Co-passengers<\/p>\n
or even the driver of the train had not reported any such incident to the Station<\/p>\n
Master. Appellant No.1 also contended that train No.2619 passed by Veer<\/p>\n
Railway Station on 17.4.2000 at 19.10 hours but respondent reported to the<\/p>\n
Station Master with injury as aforesaid only on 18.4.2000 at 8.00 hours.<\/p>\n
Appellant No.2 contended that statement of the respondent was recorded in the<\/p>\n
message book maintained by the Station Master at Veer Railway Station as per<\/p>\n
which the respondent claimed that he had fallen from train No.2619 on<\/p>\n
17.4.2000.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       5.        Before the Tribunal, respondent gave evidence as PW1 and<\/p>\n
proved Exts.A1 to A6. Ext.A1 is the proof affidavit of the respondent. Ext.A3 is<\/p>\n
the certificate dated 13.10.2000 issued from Mahad Taluk Police Station. Ext.A4<\/p>\n
is the injury certificate. Ext.A5 is the copy of case sheet of Deshmukh Nursing<\/p>\n
Home. Ext.A6 is the disability summary.            Appellants did not adduce any<\/p>\n
evidence. Tribunal considered the evidence and found that respondent suffered<\/p>\n
injury in the “untoward incident” as claimed by him and awarded compensation.<\/p>\n
MFA No.209\/2008<\/p>\n
                                          3<\/span><\/p>\n
It is contended by the appellants that the finding of the Tribunal is not correct and<\/p>\n
that there is no evidence to show that respondent suffered injury in any untoward<\/p>\n
incident involving train No.2619.   It is also contended that respondent suffered<\/p>\n
injury in mysterious circumstances and that attempt is made to get<\/p>\n
compensation as if the respondent had fallen from the moving train.<\/p>\n
        6.    We have gone through the judgment under                challenge and<\/p>\n
considered the contentions raised by the learned counsel. In Annexure-A4, copy<\/p>\n
of proof affidavit respondent stated that he was travelling in train No.2619 having<\/p>\n
purchased the ticket from Mangaon Railway Station on 17.4.2000 at about 7.00<\/p>\n
p.m., when that train reached a curve near Veer Railway Station he was thrown<\/p>\n
out through the door due to uncontrollable crowd in the compartment, his right<\/p>\n
arm was cut off, he became unconscious, local people brought him to the<\/p>\n
Government Hospital, Mahad and the next day, he reported to the Veer Station<\/p>\n
Master who admitted him in Deshmukh Nursing Home at Mahad. Annexure-A5<\/p>\n
is the deposition of the respondent. He gave evidence in the same line and<\/p>\n
stated that Mangaon Railway Station wherefrom he boarded the train is about<\/p>\n
70 kms from Veer Railway Station.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
        7.    Though appellants contended that train No.2619 had no stop at<\/p>\n
Mangaon Railway Station so that respondent could not have boarded the train<\/p>\n
from that station no attempt was made to substantiate that contention. Relevant<\/p>\n
MFA No.209\/2008<\/p>\n
                                         4<\/span><\/p>\n
documents in the custody of the appellants were not produced to show that train<\/p>\n
No.2619 had no stop at Mangaon. What we find from Annexure-A5 is that<\/p>\n
there is no serious challenge even to the version of the respondent.<\/p>\n
       8.    It is true that respondent stated that the incident was on 18.4.2000<\/p>\n
and according to the appellants, train No.2619 passed by Mangaon Railway<\/p>\n
Station on 17.4.2000 at 19.10 hours whereas, respondent reported to the Station<\/p>\n
Master of Veer Railway Station only on 18.4.2000 at 8.00 a.m. In the evidence,<\/p>\n
respondent has clarified that the incident was on 17.4.2000, on sustaining injury<\/p>\n
he fell unconscious, local people took him to the nearby hospital and on<\/p>\n
18.4.2000, he reported to the Station Master on regaining conscience and<\/p>\n
thereon, Station Master admitted him in Deshmukh Nursing Home. Appellants<\/p>\n
did not take steps to examine the Station Master nor did they produce the<\/p>\n
message book maintained at Veer Railway Station. What is available is only the<\/p>\n
evidence of the respondent as PW1.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       9.    Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunals Act, 1987 provides for<\/p>\n
appeal against every order of the Tribunal, not being an interlocutory order.<\/p>\n
When the finding of the Tribunal is based on proper appreciation of the<\/p>\n
evidence, court of appeal should be slow to interfere with that. In V.S.Ayyappan<\/p>\n
v. Fr.Thomas Viruthiyil<\/a> (1989 (2) KLJ 343) it was pointed out that when the<\/p>\n
trial court has    arrived at a conclusion on appreciation of conflicting oral<\/p>\n
evidence, the appellate court shall not interfere with such finding unless there is<\/p>\n
MFA No.209\/2008<\/p>\n
                                               5<\/span><\/p>\n
some special feature about the evidence of a particular witness which has<\/p>\n
escaped the trial judge’s notice or there is sufficient balance of improbability to<\/p>\n
displace his opinion as to where the credibility lies. In M.S.Jagadambal v. The<\/p>\n
Southern Indian Education Trust & Others<\/a> [(1988)                22 Indian Judicial<\/p>\n
Reports (SC) 147], Hon’ble Supreme Court also observed that appellate court<\/p>\n
does not reverse a finding of fact based on proper appreciation of oral evidence.<\/p>\n
It was held:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                             “…..The rule of practice which has<\/p>\n
                      almost the force of law is that the appellate<\/p>\n
                      Court does not reverse a finding of fact rested<\/p>\n
                      on    proper       appreciation  of   the     oral<\/p>\n
                      evidence……………..”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
In this case the evidence is only one way, that the respondent while travelling in<\/p>\n
train No.2619 down and suffered injury. We stated that appellants have not<\/p>\n
produced any evidence either documentary or oral and even the documents they<\/p>\n
could have produced, have not been produced. We also stated that there is no<\/p>\n
serious challenge to the evidence of the respondent as PW1 regarding the<\/p>\n
incident. It is pertinent to note that with all the resources on its hand, appellants<\/p>\n
are not able to say even now as howelse the respondent suffered serious injury<\/p>\n
resulting in amputation of his right arm. It is not disputed that respondent belong<\/p>\n
to Ottappalam. Appellants have no explanation as to howelse the respondent<\/p>\n
happened to report to the Station Master of Veer Railway Station on 18.4.2000<\/p>\n
MFA No.209\/2008<\/p>\n
                                           6<\/span><\/p>\n
at 8.00 hours with his arm chopped off and profusely bleeding. It is difficult to<\/p>\n
think that respondent suffered injury in some other manner, reported to the Veer<\/p>\n
Station Master with that injury and made a false claim on the appellants. Mere<\/p>\n
fact that the claim was filed belatedly is not by itself sufficient to indicate that the<\/p>\n
claim is of doubtful in nature. We have gone through the evidence adduced by<\/p>\n
the respondent and we are satisfied that the Tribunal, after consideration of the<\/p>\n
evidence rightly found that the respondent suffered injury as claimed by him. We<\/p>\n
also take note of the fact that provision for payment of compensation for injury in<\/p>\n
“untoward incident” is made in the Railways Act as a social measure to alleviate<\/p>\n
the misery of persons involved in such incidents. In the circumstances, we find<\/p>\n
no justification in admitting this appeal for consideration.<\/p>\n
       Appeal is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                                      J.B.KOSHY,
\n                                                         JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
                                                 THOMAS P.JOSEPH,
\n                                                           JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
cks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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MURALIDHAR, S\/O.RAMAN, … Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.M.C.CHERIAN,SR.SC.,RAILWAYS For Respondent : No Appearance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nUnion Of India vs Muralidhar on 12 December, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/union-of-india-vs-muralidhar-on-12-december-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Union Of India vs Muralidhar on 12 December, 2008 - 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