21st August, 2003
Ministry of Railways  


COMPENSATION TO ACCIDENT VICTIMS


LOK SABHA

Accident compensation claims are adjudicated by Railway Claims Tribunal under Sections 124 and 124-A of the Railways Act on the basis of the evidence led by the claimant to establish that the persons injured or dead was a bonafide passenger.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya in a written reply to a question from Shri Vinay Kumar Sorake in the Lok Sabha today.