'Hyper technical reasons not sustainable in the eyes of law': Karnataka HC awards compensation for minor's death in 2012 train accident

The court also disagreed with the "hyper-technical" reasoning applied in the earlier decision.The court also disagreed with the "hyper-technical" reasoning applied in the earlier decision. The Karnataka High Court on May 2 ordered the payment of compensation for the death of a minor who fell off a train in 2012 in Karnataka, observing that the original dismissal of the claim for technical reasons was not correct.The order, which was passed by a bench consisting of Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkuma, was made available this week.The minor and his cousin had purchased a train ticket from Raichur to Yeshwantpur in 2012. After crossing the Dharmavaram station, the deceased fell off the train while washing his hands at a washbasin, sustaining fatal injuries.

- GNS News Agency, July 1

The Railway Claims Tribunal had dismissed the claim of the victim's family members because while an eight-year-old had died in the accident, different papers mentioned the age as 8 or 20 years, raising doubts whether it was the same person. The Tribunal also questioned the discrepancies in the mention of the time of the accident. The Karnataka High Court disagreed with this reasoning, observing that the complaint, First Information Report (FIR), post