FAO 120/2020 1 $~105 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + FAO 120/2020 CHANDER SHEKHAR & ANR .....Appellant Through: Mr. Rajan Sood, Ms. Ashima Sood and Ms. Megha Sood, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vikrant N Goyal with Mr. Arun Kumar Yadav, Mr. Kunal Dixit, Mr. Prince Choudhary, Advocates. Mr. Nishant Gautam, CGSC with Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, Mr. Shaurya Mani Pandey, Mr. Prithaviraj Dey, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN O R D E R % 22.08.2025 CM APPL. 52151/2025 1. Learned counsel for respondent appears on advance notice. 2. The appeal in question i.e. FAO 120/2020 had been filed by Mr. Chander Shekhar and Mrs. Shanti Devi and who had filed a claim seeking compensation on account of their son Mr. Pankaj (since deceased) meeting “untoward incident” while travelling as a bonafide passenger in a train. 3. The abovesaid appeal has already been allowed by this Court vide judgment dated 06.05.2025. 4. The present application has been moved by appellant No.2 who submits that when the appeal was filed, she was known as “Mrs. Shanti Devi” but, thereafter, she changed her name to “Suman” and in view of the abovesaid development and change in her name, which has no element of malafide, the compensation would not be released to her. This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 27/08/2025 at 12:50:59 FAO 120/2020 2 5. However, such aspect can always be looked into by the learned Railway Claims Tribunal. 6. The present application stands disposed of with request to the learned Railway Claims Tribunal to consider the prayer made by the mother of the deceased passenger and after ascertaining her bonafide and credentials, the Tribunal would be at liberty to disburse the compensation, in terms of order passed by this Court on 06.05.2025. MANOJ JAIN, J AUGUST 22, 2025/sw/JS This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 27/08/2025 at 12:50:59