WRIT - C No. 10460 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 10460 of 2026 Noorjahan Khatun .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India Represented And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashok Kumar Singh, Gaurav Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Anju Srivastava Court No. - 5 HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR NIGAM, J. 1. Heard Sri Ashok Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Anju Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondent and perused the record. 2. The solitary grievance of the petitioner is that the amount of Rs. 80,000/- has been directed to be released in favour of the claimant/petitioner by the impugned award of the Railway Accident Claims Tribunal dated 02.12.2025 is inequitable, unjust and grossly inadequate. It defeats the purpose of award of compensation for death caused to the son of the present petitioner in a railway accident. 3. A perusal of the record reveals that in a railway accident occurred on 05.06.2022, Md. Fatkan, son of the petitioner suffered fatal injuries and died. Arising therefrom, the petitioner instituted a claim petition on 10.10.2022. It has been decided on 02.12.2025, almost three years after the occurrence of the accident. Ev