SC orders Rs.4 lakh in damages to rail passenger's kin
New Delhi, Jan. Jan 23: The Indian Railways will have to pay compensation to passengers for any untoward incident during their journey, including death due to cardiac arrest while running along the moving train leaving the platform. The Supreme Court, dealing with a case, declined the Centre's plea challenging the Madras High Court award of compensation of Rs.4 lakh to the widow and children of Durai Somnathan, who had died of cardiac arrest while running along the moving train from which his wife and daughter could not get down. The apex court bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Justice A.K.Sikri and Justice R.K.Agrawal Thursday declined the Centre's plea as Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the court whether running along a moving train could be considered as an "untoward incident". The court said that compensation amount of Rs.4 lakh would attract six percent interest.