At LEX ITAG has a pool of lawyers who are proficient to file claims before RCT on the following grounds:

• Compensation for train accidents/untoward incidents.
• Compensation for booked luggage, parcel or goods.
• Claims for Refund on Fare and Freight.

The substantive liability of the railway administration for loss, destruction, damage, non delivery or deterioration of goods entrusted to them for carriage and for death or injuries or loss to a passenger in a railway accident or untoward incident is laid down in The Railways Act 1989. The consignor/consignees and passengers or their representatives prefer claims for compensation for loss of and damage to, booked goods and are not satisfied with the decisions of the railway administration, file suits in courts of law. Claims for compensation for death of or injury or loss etc to passengers in train accidents are at present settled by claims commissioners. As the litigation in the courts of law and before the claims commissioners is very protracted, it has been decided to set up a specialised Tribunal for speedy adjudication of such claims. The setting up of such a claims Tribunal with Benches in different parts of the country, and with judicial and technical members, will provide much relief to the rail users by way of expeditious payment of compensation to the victims of rail accidents and to those whose goods are lost or damaged in rail-transit.

Jurisdiction of Tribunal:

(1) The Claims Tribunal exercises all such jurisdiction, powers and authority as were exercisable immediately by any Civil Court or a Claims Commissioner appointed under the provisions of The Railways Act,-
(a) relating to the responsibility of the railway administrations as carriers under Chapter VII of The Railways Act in respect of claims for-

• compensation for loss, destruction, damages, deterioration or non-delivery of animals or goods entrusted to a railway administration for carriage by railway ;
• compensation payable under Sec.124 & 124A of The Railways Act or the rules made thereunder; and
• ) in respect of the claims for refund of fares or part thereof or for refund of any freight paid in respect of animals or goods entrusted to a railway administration to be carried by railway.

Territorial Jurisdiction:

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

Serial No	Bench of the Railway Claims Tribunal	Territorial Jurisdiction of the Bench
1	Ahmedabad	Gujarat, Union territory of Diu.
2	Bangalore	Karnataka
3	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh
4	Bhubaneswar	Orissa
5	Mumbai	i) Districts of Bombay, Thane, Raigad, Pune, Nasik, Ahmednagar,Satara, Ratnagiri, Sindhydurg, Kolhapur, Sangli, Solapur, Dhule, Aurangabad, Beed of Maharashtra ii) Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. iii) Bengaluru
6	Nagpur	All District of Maharashtra except those included in item (i) of column (3) against serial number 5.
7	Chandigarh	Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Chandigarh.
8	Kolkata(2)	West Bengal, Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
9	Guwahati	Assam, Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland.
10	Ernakulam	Kerala, Union Territory of Lakshdeep.
11	Gorakhpur	Districts of Gorakhpur, Deoria, Ballia, Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Mau, Basti, Siddharthnagar, Mirzapur, Robertsgang, Jaunpur, Faizabad, Gonda, Bahraich, Varansi,Maharaj Ganj,Kushinagar,Shravasti,Sant Kabir Nagar,Chandauli,Sant Ravi Das Nagar,Balrampur and Ambedkar Nagar of Uttar Pradesh.
12	Ghaziabad	Districts of Agra, Bulandshahar, Moradabad, Bijnore, Mathura, Ghaziabad, Merrut, Aligarh, and Saharanpur,Jyotiba Phule Naagr(Amraha),Gautam Budh Nagar(Noida),Maha Maya Nagar(Hathras),Muzaffar Nagar,Rampur,Pilibhit and Mainpuri of the State of Uttar Pradesh.District of Hardwar & Dehradun of the State of Uttaranchal
12A	Lucknow	All Districts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal except those included in Column (3) against serial number 11 and 12.
13	Jaipur	Rajasthan.
14	New Delhi (2)	Union Territory of Delhi
15	Patna	Bihar
16	Ranchi	Jharkhand
17	Chennai	Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondicherry.
18	Secunderabad	Andhra Pradesh.