Absence of railway ticket cannot negate bona fide passenger status
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Supreme Court advised the Indian Railways to adopt effective measures to address overcrowding in trains, observing that overcrowding frequently results in passengers falling from moving trains and suffering fatal injuries.

Bombay High Court
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Appellants clearly discharged the initial burden to show that the deceased was carrying a valid monthly pass and was a bonafide passenger and that the pass must have been lost in the untoward incident.