Lok Sabha Question No. 575 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-20
Subject: Compensation to Accident Victims
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 575 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2016

## COMPENSATION TO ACCIDENT VICTIMS

†  575.      SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  cases  pending  as  on  date  in  different  railway claims tribunals with regard to grant of compensation to the people who fell victims of train accidents along with the amount given to them as compensation;
- (b) the date since when such cases are pending;
- (c) the reasons for delay in the disposal thereof;
- (d) the average time taken in the settlement of such cases; and
- (e) the time by which such pending cases are likely to be disposed of?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  575  BY  SHRI  GOPAL  SHETTY  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.07.2016 REGARDING COMPENSATION TO ACCIDENT VICTIMS

(a):    The  number  of  accident  cases  pending  as  on  01.07.2016  in different  Railway  Claims  Tribunals  (RCT)  with  regard  to  grant  of compensation to the people who fell victims of train accidents is 142. Compensation  will  be  paid  on  these  pending  cases  after  they  are decided/decreed in the RCT.

(b):   The pendency period of train accident cases as on 01.07.2016 is as under:

| S.No            | Bench   | Less than one year old                                                        | Less than one year old   | 1 year old   | 1 year old   | 2 year old   | 2 year old   | 3 year old   | 3 year old   | 4 year old   | 4 year old   | 5 year old & above   | 5 year old & above   | Total   | Total          | Total   |
|-----------------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------|----------------|---------|
| S.No            | Bench   | DeathInjuryDeathInjuryDeathInjuryDeathInjuryDeathInjuryDeathInjuryDeathInjury |                          |              |              |              |              |              |              |              |              |                      |                      |         | Accident Cases |         |
| 1 Delhi         | 0       | 0                                                                             | 0                        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 0                    | 0       | 0              |         |
| 2 Chandigarh    | 0       | 0                                                                             | 0                        | 0            | 0            | 1            | 1            | 2            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 1                    | 3       | 4              |         |
| 3 Lucknow       | 5       | 2                                                                             | 8                        | 3            | 4            | 5            | 1            | 3            | 13           | 2            | 12           | 2                    | 43                   | 17      | 60             |         |
| 4 Gorakhpur     | 2       | 1                                                                             | 4                        | 3            | 7            | 10           | 0            | 0            | 0            | 1            | 4            | 0                    | 17                   | 15      | 32             |         |
| 5 Ghaziabad     | 4       | 1                                                                             | 0                        | 0            | 0            | 1            | 0            | 0            | 1            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 5                    | 2       | 7              |         |
| 6 Kolkata       | 0       | 0                                                                             | 1                        | 1            | 0            | 0            | 1            | 0            | 0            | 2            | 1            | 1                    | 3                    | 4       | 7              |         |
| 7 Bhubaneshwar  | 0       | 0                                                                             | 0                        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 0                    | 0       | 0              |         |
| 8 Guwahati      | 0       | 0                                                                             | 0                        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 0                    | 0       | 0              |         |
| 9 Patna         | 0       | 0                                                                             | 0                        | 0            | 0            | 1            | 0            | 2            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 0                    | 3       | 3              |         |
| 10 Ranchi       | 1       | 0                                                                             | 0                        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 3                    | 1                    | 3       | 4              |         |
| 11 Mumbai       | 0       | 1                                                                             | 0                        | 1            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 0                    | 2       | 2              |         |
| 12 Ahmedabad    | 0       | 0                                                                             | 1                        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 1                    | 0       | 1              |         |
| 13 Bhopal       | 3       | 1                                                                             | 0                        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 3                    | 1       | 4              |         |
| 14 Jaipur       | 0       | 1                                                                             | 0                        | 1            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 0                    | 2       | 2              |         |
| 15 Nagpur       | 0       | 0                                                                             | 0                        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 0                    | 0       | 0              |         |
| 16 Chennai      | 0       | 1                                                                             | 0                        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 0                    | 1       | 1              |         |
| 17 Bangalore    | 2       | 0                                                                             | 1                        | 2            | 1            | 0            | 1            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 5                    | 2       | 7              |         |
| 18 Secunderabad | 1       | 1                                                                             | 0                        | 0            | 3            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 1            | 0                    | 5                    | 1       | 6              |         |
| 19 Ernakulam    | 0       | 2                                                                             | 0                        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0                    | 0                    | 2       | 2              |         |
| Total           | 18      | 11                                                                            | 15                       | 11           | 15           | 18           | 4            | 7            | 14           | 5            | 18           | 6                    | 84                   | 58      | 142            |         |

(c):    Settlement  of  claim  cases  in  RCT  is  a  judicial  process  which involves different stages, like filing of cases, filing of written statement, filing of evidences, cross examination of witnesses/parties and the arguments. This is a lengthy process and takes time.

(d): Average time taken in the settlement of claim cases pertaining to train accident cases for the last four years, i.e. from 2012-13 to 201516, is as under:

| S.No.   | Bench        |   Total Disposal |   Average Time (in Days) |
|---------|--------------|------------------|--------------------------|
| 1       | Delhi        |               09 |                      314 |
| 2       | Chandigarh   |               11 |                      511 |
| 3       | Lucknow      |              152 |                     1077 |
| 4       | Gorakhpur    |               48 |                      910 |
| 5       | Ghaziabad    |               09 |                      263 |
| 6       | Kolkata      |              207 |                      310 |
| 7       | Bhubaneshwar |               02 |                      931 |
| 8       | Guwahati     |               00 |                        0 |
| 9       | Patna        |               15 |                     1617 |
| 10      | Ranchi       |               07 |                     1914 |
| 11      | Mumbai       |               89 |                      398 |
| 12      | Ahmedabad    |               03 |                     1896 |
| 13      | Bhopal       |               45 |                      701 |
| 14      | Jaipur       |               22 |                     1070 |
| 15      | Nagpur       |               04 |                      439 |
| 16      | Chennai      |               59 |                       94 |
| 17      | Bangalore    |               52 |                      572 |
| 18      | Secunderabad |               12 |                      168 |
| 19      | Ernakulam    |               15 |                      194 |
| Total   | Total        |              762 |                      605 |

(e):  It is not possible to indicate any time frame for disposal of pending claim cases which is a judicial process. However, if a case is completed in all respects, it is disposed off expeditiously.  Circuit  Benches  are  also  arranged  by  Hon'ble Chairman of RCT in the Benches where posts of Members are vacant  and  pendency  of  claim  cases  is  high,  by  deputing Members from other Benches.

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