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1 - 9 of 9 (0.19 seconds)Section 23 in The Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 [Entire Act]
A.A. Haja Muniuddian vs Indian Railways on 17 November, 1992
19. As regards the rate of interest payable on compensation to the claimants, following the decision of the Hon'ble Apex Court reported in 1993 ACJ 235 (SC) (A.A.Haja Muniuddin v. Indian Railways) and the decision of a Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court reported in 1995 ACJ 644 (MP) (Union of India v. Laxmi Pati), it is held that the claimants in these cases are entitled to interest for the compensation amount at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of application.
Union Of India (Uoi) vs Laxmi Pati And Anr. on 26 August, 1994
19. As regards the rate of interest payable on compensation to the claimants, following the decision of the Hon'ble Apex Court reported in 1993 ACJ 235 (SC) (A.A.Haja Muniuddin v. Indian Railways) and the decision of a Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court reported in 1995 ACJ 644 (MP) (Union of India v. Laxmi Pati), it is held that the claimants in these cases are entitled to interest for the compensation amount at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of application.
The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
Agam Shanthamma vs Union Of India (Uoi), Represented By ... on 22 August, 2002
15. An identical view has been taken in the cases reported in 2004 ACJ 713 (Agam Shanthamma v. Union of India, rep. by General Manager, South Central Railway.)
The Railways Act, 1989
Union Of India (Uoi) vs Hari Narayan Gupta And Anr. on 15 November, 2006
and in AIR 2007 Rajasthan 38 (Union of India v. Hari Narayan Gupta & another).
K.V.Thomas vs Union Of India on 17 January, 2008
In a decision reported in 2008 (1) KLJ 623 (K.V.Thomas v. Union of India), a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has held that mere negligence on the part of the bona fide passengers is not a ground to deny the compensation for untoward incident. Like Section 163A of the Motor Vehicles Act, strict liability is cast on the railway administration for payment of compensation. It is further observed that the negligence of the claimant cannot dis-entitle him from claiming compensation under Section 124A of the Act.
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