WRIT - C No. 9763 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 9763 of 2026 Harikesh Shahni .....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., Suman Jaiswal Court No. - 5 HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR NIGAM, J. 1. Heard Sri Shiv Babu Dubey, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Suman Jaiswal, 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 16.05.2024 is inequitable, unjust and grossly inadequate. It defeats the purpose of award of compensation for injury caused to the present petitioner in a railway accident. 3. A perusal of the record reveals that in a railway accident occurred on 04.08.2014, petitioner suffered severe injuries. Arising therefrom, the petitioner instituted a claim petition on 10.11.2014. It has been decided on 16.05.2024, almost ten years after the occurrence of the accident. Even then, by that award, the Tribunal has awarded Rs. 8,00,000/- to the petition