law: Railways Act, 1989
  126. Interim relief by railway administration. 
  (1) Where a person who has made an application for compensation
  
  under section 125 desires to be paid interim relief, he may apply to the
  
  railway administration for payment of interim relief along with a copy of the
  
  application made under that section.
  (2) Where, on the receipt of an application made under
  
  sub-section (1) and after making such inquiry as it may deem fit, the railway
  
  administration is satisfied that circumstances exist which requires relief to
  
  be afforded to the applicant immediately, it may, pending determination by the Claims
  
  Tribunal of the actual amount of compensation payable under section 124 4[or
  
  section 124A] pay to any person who has sustained the injury or suffered any
  
  loss, or where death has resulted form the accident, to any dependant of the
  
  deceased, such sum as it consider reasonable for affording such relief, so
  
  however, that the sum paid shall not exceed the amount of compensation payable
  
  at such rates as may be prescribed. 
  (3) The railway administration shall, as soon as may be, after
  
  making an order regarding payment of interim relief under sub-section (2), send
  
  a copy thereof to the Claims Tribunal.
  (4) Any sum paid by the railway administration under sub-section
  
  (2) shall be taken into account by the Claims Tribunal while determining the
  
  amount of compensation payable.