The Madras High Court has ruled that the death of a bona fide train passenger caused by heavy crowd rush and stampede on the steps of a railway foot overbridge amounts to an “untoward incident” under the Railways Act, 1989, making the Railway Administration strictly liable to pay compensation. Dismissing an appeal filed by Southern
Death Due to Stampede on Station Foot Overbridge Is An ‘Untoward Incident’, Railways Strictly Liable: Madras High Court
