The Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987
33. Substitution of new
section for section 80
For section 80 of the Railways Act, the
following section shall be substituted, namely:-
"80. Application for compensation.-
An application to the Claims Tribunal for
compensation for loss of the life of, or personal injury to, a passenger or for
loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non delivery of animas or goods may
be made,-
a.
If
the passenger was, or the animals or goods were, booked from one station to
another on the railway of the same railway administration, against that railway
administration;
b.
If
the passenger was, or the animals or goods were, booked through over the
railway of two or more railway administrations, against the railway
administration from which the passenger obtained his pass or purchased his
ticket or to which the animals or goods were delivered for carriage, as the
case may be, or against the railway administration on whose railway the
destination station lies, or the loss, injury, destruction, damage or
deterioration occurred."