Parents to get Rs 8 lakh after 19 year ordeal of losing their son in a train accident due to overcrowding by ticketless passengers, MP HC orderAfter a relentless 14-year fight for justice, parents have achieved a landmark victory against Indian Railways. The Madhya Pradesh High Cou...
20 Nov, 2025, 03.07 PM IST
Rs 51.37 cr disbursed as ex-gratia payment to next of kin, victims of Balasore tragedy: Railway Minister Ashwini VaishnawThe Railway Ministry has disbursed a payment of Rs 51.37 crore as ex-gratia and compensation to the next of kin and victims of the Balasore...
15 Dec, 2023, 06.22 PM IST
Odisha train accident: Even ticketless travellers will receive compensationThe Indian Railways will pay compensation to all passengers involved in the Odisha train accident, regardless of ticket possession, said Am...
04 Jun, 2023, 08.27 PM IST
Around 30,000 infected, Railways lost 700 frontline workers to COVID in last 9 monthsMost of the 700 employees who died due to coronavirus were all who were involved in direct interaction with the general public and most sus...
19 Dec, 2020, 06.22 PM IST
If one dies getting on, off train, Railways must pay compensation: Supreme CourtA bench of Justices A K Goel and R F Nariman held that death or injury during boarding or de-boarding a train will be an ‘untoward incident...
10 May, 2018, 10.39 AM IST
Godhra Sabarmati Express burning case: Gujarat HC commutes death sentence to 11 convicts into life imprisonmentGodhra Sabarmati Express burning case: The special SIT court had on March 1, 2011, convicted 31 people and acquitted 63 in the case.
09 Oct, 2017, 11.44 PM IST
Kin of Kanpur rail accident victims to get early compensationThe chairman, Justice (retd) K Kannan, of the country’s apex body, has instructed hearing to be fixed not later than six weeks from date of...
07 Feb, 2017, 12.45 AM IST
Railways hikes relief from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 8 lakh in case of deathIn case the person is seriously injured like loss of hand and foot, then he would also get the same amount of Rs eight lakh as compensation.
26 Dec, 2016, 10.44 PM IST
After 19 years, Railways doubles compensation to rail accident victimsThe compensation for 34 other kinds of injuries has also been doubled to Rs 7.2 lakh-Rs 64000 now from the earlier levels.
23 Dec, 2016, 06.34 AM IST
Inflation on rise, revise compensation for rail accidents: Delhi High CourtA public interest litigation filed by Sethu Niket through advocate Esha Mazumdar told the HC that the compensation amount was fixed more th...
24 Nov, 2015, 12.00 PM IST
Railways told to hold more discussions before amending its compensation normsA parliamentary committee has asked the Railways Ministry to hold detailed discussion with various stakeholders before introducing the amen...
06 May, 2015, 05.44 PM IST
New rail law to make it tough to claim compensation in cases of 'untoward' incidentsMore rail passengers die due to falls from trains than collisions or derailments, and a new law is all set to make it much harder to claim ...
02 Nov, 2014, 10.53 AM IST
Western Railway asked to pay Rs 4L to parents of post-Godhra riot victimRailway Claims Tribunal has ordered Western Railway to pay Rs 4 lakhs to the parents of a youth, who was allegedly killed in an attack at V...
14 May, 2014, 06.43 PM IST
- Railways asked to compensate passenger after mob detains train
Railways have to compensate passengers where journey is abandoned due to train being stopped by a crowd and travellers being threatened wit...
14 Jun, 2013, 05.25 PM IST
- Indian Railways incur high losses due to accidents and no insurance cover
Indian Railways has exposed itself to high losses during accidents since it has stopped buying insurance cover that is mandated by law in m...
15 Jul, 2011, 11.49 AM IST
- Railways won't renew accident cover policy
Indian Railways have not renewed the insurance cover bought from general insurers that shielded passengers against injuries or death in cas...
15 Sep, 2009, 12.40 AM IST
- Reliance bid's lowest for Railway insurance
Reliance General Insurance has emerged as the lowest bidder for providing accident insurance cover to millions of passengers travelling on ...
14 Jul, 2006, 12.08 AM IST