A person travelling on suburban trains during peak hours may face serious danger while standing near the door, yet the Bombay High Court said this cannot be treated as negligence. The court upheld compensation and rejected the Railways’ contributory negligence claim.
Following the Mumbra train-fall tragedy, the Bombay High Court proposed installing automatic doors on Mumbai’s suburban trains, stressing the urgent need to curb the rising number of commuter fatalities and enhance passenger safety on overcrowded locals.
