WRIT - C No. 16795 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 16795 of 2026 Mukul Kumar Alias Mukul Gupta .....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., Ramesh Chandra Pandey Court No. - 7 HON'BLE PIYUSH AGRAWAL, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner(s) and Shri Ramesh Chandra Pandey, learned counsel for the respondents. 2. The solitary grievance of the petitioner(s) is that the amount of Rs. 96,000/- has been directed to be released in favour of the claimant(s)/petitioner(s) by the impugned award of the Railway Accident Claims Tribunal dated 17.02.2026 is inequitable, unjust and grossly inadequate. It defeats the purpose of award of compensation in a railway accident. 3. A perusal of the record reveals that in a railway accident occurred on 15.03.2023, the petitioner(s), suffered fatal injuries. Arising therefrom, the petitioner(s) instituted a claim petition in the year2023, which has been decided on 17.02.2026, almost 3 years after the occurrence of the accident. Even then, by that award, the Tribunal has awarded Rs. 384000/- (in all) to the petitioner(s). 4. The Tribunal h