WRIT - C No. 16248 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 16248 of 2026 Fagu Singh And Another .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shiv Babu Dubey Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I. Court No. - 7 HON'BLE PIYUSH AGRAWAL, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Manish Kumar Niranjan, counsel for the respondent -1. 2. The solitary grievance of the petitioner is that only 10 % amount of the award has been directed to be released in favour of the claimants/petitioners by the impugned award of the Railway Accident Claims Tribunal dated 9.5.2025, which is inequitable, unjust and grossly inadequate. It defeats the purpose of award of compensation for death caused to the daughter of the present petitioners in a railway accident. 3. A perusal of the record reveals that in a railway accident occurred on 8.7.2019 of deceased Vikki Kumar son of the petitioner suffered fatal injuries and died. Arising therefrom, the petitioner instituted a claim petition in which the Tribunal has awarded Rs. 8,00,000/- to the petitioners. 4. The Tribunal has provided for release of Rs. 80,000/- to the petitioners and the balance is to be