Cannot Discriminate Against Children Born Out Of Void Marriages While Providing Compassionate Employment: Calcutta High Court
3 months, 1 week ago

Cannot Discriminate Against Children Born Out Of Void Marriages While Providing Compassionate Employment: Calcutta High Court

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The Calcutta High Court has held that in cases for providing compassionate employment, it is 'reprehensible' to consider the source of inception of a child's birth and discriminate against those who may have been born from a void marriage.Justice Ananya Bandopadhyay held: "The objective to grant compassionate appointment to redress financial constraints occasioned in a family in the event of. The Calcutta High Court has held that in cases for providing compassionate employment, it is 'reprehensible' to consider the source of inception of a child's birth and discriminate against those who may have been born from a void marriage. Justice Ananya Bandopadhyay held: "The objective to grant compassionate appointment to redress financial constraints occasioned in a family in the event of the death of the bread earner ensures a means of sufficiency to assuage abrupt crisis and indigence, which cannot be refused ambiguously and unjustifiably on the basis of a circular which is unequivocally unconstitutional to judge a child's entitlement to an appointment on compassionate ground on the basis of its descent." The Court was hearing a plea challenging the refusal of compassionate employment to the younger son of a deceased railways employee, born from his second wife.

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Daughter-In-Law Integral Part Of Family, Entitled To Compassionate Appointment: Andhra Pradesh High Court
1 week ago

Daughter-In-Law Integral Part Of Family, Entitled To Compassionate Appointment: Andhra Pradesh High Court

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The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that a daughter-in-law is an integral part of the family and is entitled to appointment on compassionate grounds. The Court further noted that while the government recognises a son or daughter of the deceased government employee for compassionate appointment, the daughter-in-law, despite not being traditionally classified as family, should also be extended the …

'Pious Intention' Of Compassionate Appointment Is To Give Relief To Deceased Employee's Kin, Can't Be Misused: Gujarat High Court
2 weeks, 2 days ago

'Pious Intention' Of Compassionate Appointment Is To Give Relief To Deceased Employee's Kin, Can't Be Misused: Gujarat High Court

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Underscoring the "pious intention" of compassionate appointment which is to give relief to the deceased employee's kin, the Gujarat High Court stopped short of imposing costs on a litigant for suppressing material facts after noting that she only intended to secure the appointment of her son at LIC after her husband's death. Justice Nirzar Desai in his order said, "Considering …

Married Daughter Being Sole Surviving Family Member Of Deceased Govt Employee Is Entitled To Compassionate Employment: Rajasthan HC
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Married Daughter Being Sole Surviving Family Member Of Deceased Govt Employee Is Entitled To Compassionate Employment: Rajasthan HC

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The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a challenge against an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal that directed the State to grant compassionate appointment to the respondent, who was the married daughter of the deceased employee, whose husband was also employed and earning. Heena Sheikh v State of Rajasthan in which it was decided that married daughter of a deceased …

Compassionate Employment Claims Must Be Considered Promptly, Bureaucratic Process Of Pushing Files Is Unacceptable: Calcutta High Court
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Compassionate Employment Claims Must Be Considered Promptly, Bureaucratic Process Of Pushing Files Is Unacceptable: Calcutta High Court

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The Calcutta High Court has held that claims of compassionate employment must be dealt with promptly and that the legal right of a litigant who belongs to a socially or economically backward section of society should not be defeated on account of procedural lapses of the litigant in view of glaring breaches by the employer. A division bench of Justices …

Supreme Court Approves Dismissal Of Employees Given Compassionate Appointment On Forged Documents, Questions Railways' Lapse
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Approves Dismissal Of Employees Given Compassionate Appointment On Forged Documents, Questions Railways' Lapse

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While dismissing the employees who were granted a compassionate appointment by the Railways based on forged and fabricated documents with respect to the employment of their respective fathers, the Supreme Court on Thursday expressed displeasure over the inactions of the Railways in appointing the employees based on questionable documentation, which was later found to be. While dismissing the employees who …

Family Of Employee Having More Than Two Children Ineligible For Compassionate Appointment: Bombay High Court Dismisses Claim Of Deceased Cop's Son
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Family Of Employee Having More Than Two Children Ineligible For Compassionate Appointment: Bombay High Court Dismisses Claim Of Deceased Cop's Son

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The Bombay High Court recently dismissed the claim for compassionate appointment for the son of a deceased policeman on the ground that the employee had more than two children, making his family ineligible for the benefit of compassionate appointment. A division bench of Justice AS Chandurkar and Justice Rajesh S Patil dismissed a writ petition challenging a judgment by the …

Denying Compassionate Appointment To Dependant 'Married Daughters' Violative Of Articles 14, 15 & 16(2) Of Constitution: Orissa High Court
1 year ago

Denying Compassionate Appointment To Dependant 'Married Daughters' Violative Of Articles 14, 15 & 16(2) Of Constitution: Orissa High Court

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The Orissa High Court has reiterated that married daughters cannot be denied of benefits under the Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme for appointment on compassionate grounds, after death of their fathers while in service. While granting relief to a lady, who was denied compassionate appointment on the ground of her marriage pursuant to the application, the Single Bench of Dr. Justice Sanjeeb …

Compassionate Appointment | Looking Into Daughter's Marital Status To Determine Her Dependency On Deceased By Itself Not Discrimination: Karnataka HC
1 year, 1 month ago

Compassionate Appointment | Looking Into Daughter's Marital Status To Determine Her Dependency On Deceased By Itself Not Discrimination: Karnataka HC

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The Karnataka High Court has held that merely because the appointing authority looked into a daughter's marital status to determine her dependency on deceased employee will not by itself amount to gender discrimination. A single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum clarified that the object of compassionate appointment is firmly rooted in addressing the immediate financial crisis faced by …

Hard To Imagine Dependency On Father Restored On Husband Losing Job: Kerala HC Declines Married Daughter's Plea For Employment Assistance
1 year, 1 month ago

Hard To Imagine Dependency On Father Restored On Husband Losing Job: Kerala HC Declines Married Daughter's Plea For Employment Assistance

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The Kerala High Court recently dismissed a petition arguing for employment assistance by a married daughter on account of her husband losing his job. While dismissing the petition, Justice Devan Ramachandran stated that “dependency is a de facto situation, rather than be a de jure doctrine. As such, the appellant had no dependency on her father, since her husband was …

Karnataka High Court Directs LIC To Consider Compassionate Employment Plea By Son Of Wrongfully Terminated Employee, Relaxes Age Limit
1 year, 3 months ago

Karnataka High Court Directs LIC To Consider Compassionate Employment Plea By Son Of Wrongfully Terminated Employee, Relaxes Age Limit

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The Karnataka High Court has held that the right of legal heirs of a terminated employee to claim compassionate employment would only arise when such termination was decreed to be illegal by a court of law. In allowing a plea by the legal heirs of a former Life Insurance Corporation employee who had been illegally terminated, a single judge bench …

No Compassionate Appointment To Married Daughter Residing With Husband: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 5 months ago

No Compassionate Appointment To Married Daughter Residing With Husband: Karnataka High Court

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The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the appeal preferred by the married daughter of a deceased LIC employee seeking compassionate appointment. That is how our legislations too are structured e.g., Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Sections 24 & 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 37 of the Divorce Act, 1869, Section 40 of the …

Bombay High Court Carves Exception Of Compassionate Appointment For Brother Looking After Deceased's Wife And Child
2 years, 2 months ago

Bombay High Court Carves Exception Of Compassionate Appointment For Brother Looking After Deceased's Wife And Child

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The Bombay High Court’s Nagpur bench carved out an exception to continue the compassionate appointment of a junior clerk after the demise of his married brother on the grounds that he was caring for his sister-in-law and nephew since 2013. According to the government resolutions dated December 31, 2002 and September 21, 2017 a married deceased’s widow and child are …

[Compassionate Appointment] Married Daughters Can't Be Denied Benefit Under Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme: Orissa High Court
2 years, 4 months ago

[Compassionate Appointment] Married Daughters Can't Be Denied Benefit Under Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme: Orissa High Court

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In an important verdict, the Orissa High Court has held that a 'married daughter' cannot be denied the benefits under the Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme after the death of her father. While reaffirming the rights of a married daughter to seek compassionate employment upon death of her father, a Single Bench of Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi observed, "…this court is …

Married Daughter Not Dependant On Deceased Father Can't Claim Compassionate Appointment: Chhattisgarh High Court
2 years, 5 months ago

Married Daughter Not Dependant On Deceased Father Can't Claim Compassionate Appointment: Chhattisgarh High Court

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The Chhattisgarh High Court recently denied compassionate employment to a deceased employee's married daughter, stating that she wo no more 'dependant' on her father's income.Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas observed that the petitioner-daughter was married before the death of her father and therefore, it cannot be said that she was dependent upon his earning.The bench heavily relied on. The Chhattisgarh High …

Compassionate Employment Can't Be Claimed Several Years After Employee's Death As Its Object Is To Help Family To Meet Sudden Crisis : Supreme Court
2 years, 5 months ago

Compassionate Employment Can't Be Claimed Several Years After Employee's Death As Its Object Is To Help Family To Meet Sudden Crisis : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court on India last week discussed the how compassionate appointment in public services is an exception to the general rule of appointments and how it flows out of pure humanitarian consideration. "Thus, as per the law laid down by this Court in the aforesaid decisions, compassionate appointment is an exception to the general rule of appointment in the …

Compassionate Appointment Cannot Be Granted Where Bereaved Family Does Not Face "Indigent Circumstances": Rajasthan High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Compassionate Appointment Cannot Be Granted Where Bereaved Family Does Not Face "Indigent Circumstances": Rajasthan High Court

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The Rajasthan High Court has upheld the decision of a bank denying compassionate appointment saying that the deceased's family was not facing "indigent circumstances" warranting employment under the State's scheme of 2014. PNB had rejected the respondent's claim for compassionate appointment after his father expired while serving as a Head Cashier, on the ground that the family was not facing …

Compassionate Appointment Offered To Dependant Of Deceased Employee Is A Concession, Not A Right: Delhi High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Compassionate Appointment Offered To Dependant Of Deceased Employee Is A Concession, Not A Right: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has reiterated that an appointment on compassionate ground offered to the dependant of a deceased employee is a mere concession and not a right.A single judge bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh observed,"The whole object behind granting compassionate employment is to enable the family to tide over the sudden crisis. A single judge bench of Justice …

Illegitimate Child Also Entitled To Compassionate Appointment: Chhattisgarh High Court
3 years ago

Illegitimate Child Also Entitled To Compassionate Appointment: Chhattisgarh High Court

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The Chhattisgarh High Court held that even the illegitimate son/daughter is also entitled to a compassionate appointment. The present petitioner had earlier filed a writ petition before this Court where the Court had directed The Managing Director, Chhattisgarh State Warehousing Corporation, to decide the petitioner's claim for compassionate appointment. On the question of who would be entitled to the appointment …

Compassionate Appointment Policy Cannot Discriminate Against 'Illegitimate' Children Of Deceased Employee: Supreme Court
3 years, 1 month ago

Compassionate Appointment Policy Cannot Discriminate Against 'Illegitimate' Children Of Deceased Employee: Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court observed that a compassionate appointment policy cannot discriminate against a person only on the ground of descent by classifying children of the deceased employee as legitimate and illegitimate. That is to say, a policy for compassionate appointment, which has the force of law, must not discriminate on any of the grounds mentioned in Article 16, including that …

MP High Court Upholds Decision To Consider Younger Son Of Deceased Employee For Compassionate Appointment Despite Elder Son Serving In Army
3 years, 1 month ago

MP High Court Upholds Decision To Consider Younger Son Of Deceased Employee For Compassionate Appointment Despite Elder Son Serving In Army

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently upheld the decision of a single bench wherein the Writ Court had directed the State to consider the younger son of a deceased government employee for compassionate appointment, despite his elder son serving in the Indian Army. The Court was hearing a writ appeal preferred by the State against the order of …

Wife & Children Being Employed Not A Ground To Disregard Special Consideration For Compassionate Allowance : Kerala High Court
3 years, 1 month ago

Wife & Children Being Employed Not A Ground To Disregard Special Consideration For Compassionate Allowance : Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently ruled that a government servant who was dismissed from service may not be denied special consideration for compassionate allowance merely for the reason that his wife and children are employed. Arun found that although a government servant removed from service is not entitled to pension/ gratuity, the competent authority can sanction compassionate allowance in cases …

Daughter-In-Law Bound By Undertaking Given While Obtaining Compassionate Appointment To Maintain Mother-In-Law: Calcutta High Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Daughter-In-Law Bound By Undertaking Given While Obtaining Compassionate Appointment To Maintain Mother-In-Law: Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday observed in a case that the daughter-in-law is bound by the undertaking given while obtaining a compassionate appointment to maintain and extend medical assistance to the mother-in-law. Thereafter, the daughter-in-law had applied for a compassionate appointment in the school and had also given an undertaking dated July 25, 2016, stating that she will bear …

Stepmothers May Not Show Same Affection for Kids as Biological Mothers, Says K'taka HC in Custody Battle
3 years, 3 months ago

Stepmothers May Not Show Same Affection for Kids as Biological Mothers, Says K'taka HC in Custody Battle

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The Karnataka High Court denied interim custody order of a child to the father on the grounds that he had remarried and the step mother would not be able to take care of and show affection to children which biological mothers instinctively would. A single-judge bench comprising Justice Krishna S Dixit dismissed a petition challenging a family court order in …

Compassionate Appointment - Policy Prevailing At The Time When Employee Died/Application Was Made Is Only To Be Considered : Supreme Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Compassionate Appointment - Policy Prevailing At The Time When Employee Died/Application Was Made Is Only To Be Considered : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court on September 6, 2021 while upholding Bombay High Court's order of rejecting compassionate appointment, observed that it can be made only as per the Government's policy, and only in case where eligibility criteria under the Scheme has been satisfied. Case Before Bombay High Court Petitioner's father Mohammed Nasiruddin was working as an Assistant Teacher from June 1, …

Children Born Out Of Second Marriage Cannot Be Treated As Illegitimate Children, Eligible For Compassionate Appointment: Telangana HC
3 years, 8 months ago

Children Born Out Of Second Marriage Cannot Be Treated As Illegitimate Children, Eligible For Compassionate Appointment: Telangana HC

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Children born out of second marriage cannot be treated as illegitimate children, the Telangana High Court observed while considering plea of a man whose application for compassionate appointment was rejected.In this case, Arpula 's application seeking compassionate appointment was rejected on the ground that he is an illegitimate child and he was born out of second marriage and his father …

'There May Be Illegitimate Parents But No Illegitimate Children': Karnataka High Court Strikes Down Condition Denying Compassionate Appointment To Children In Second Marriage
3 years, 8 months ago

'There May Be Illegitimate Parents But No Illegitimate Children': Karnataka High Court Strikes Down Condition Denying Compassionate Appointment To Children In Second Marriage

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The Karnataka High Court has set aside a circular issued by the Karnataka Power Transmission Coporation Ltd by which it denied appointment on compassionate grounds to the second wife and her children of a deceased employee as the marriage has taken place during the subsistence of the first marriage. Clause 2 read thus: "Under no circumstances, the second wife nor …

Excluding Married Daughter From Seeking Benefit Of Compassionate Appointment Is Unconstitutional: Karnataka High Court
4 years, 3 months ago

Excluding Married Daughter From Seeking Benefit Of Compassionate Appointment Is Unconstitutional: Karnataka High Court

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The Karnataka High Court held that excluding a married daughter from consideration for appointment on compassionate ground is unconstitutional.If the marital status of a son does not make any difference in law to his entitlement for seeking appointment on compassionate grounds, the marital status of a daughter should make no difference, as the married daughter does not cease to be …

'State Cannot Act In A Misogynistic Way': Himachal Pradesh High Court Reads Down Policy Excluding Married Daughters From Compassionate Appointment
4 years, 4 months ago

'State Cannot Act In A Misogynistic Way': Himachal Pradesh High Court Reads Down Policy Excluding Married Daughters From Compassionate Appointment

Live Law  

"The State cannot act in a misogynistic way," the Himachal Pradesh High Court remarked on Wednesday while allowing a married daughter's plea seeking compassionate appointment in her deceased father's place. Stating that such policy of the Government is against the spirit of Article 15 of the Constitution of India, the Bench held, "The object of compassionate employment is not only …

Sympathy Alone Cannot Give Remedy: SC 'Reluctantly' Sets Aside A HC Order On Compassionate Appointment Plea [Read Judgment]
5 years, 2 months ago

Sympathy Alone Cannot Give Remedy: SC 'Reluctantly' Sets Aside A HC Order On Compassionate Appointment Plea [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Sympathy alone cannot give remedy, remarked the Supreme Court while 'reluctantly' setting aside a High Court order which directed a bank to consider an application seeking compassionate appointment filed by the son of its deceased employee.Jagdish Raj worked as Clerk-cum-Shroff in the Indian Bank, where he continued to work till his demise. Sympathy alone cannot give remedy, remarked the Supreme …

Rajasthan HC Rejects Plea Challenging Exclusion Of 'Married Daughters' From Availing Benefit Of Compassionate Appointment Scheme [Read Order]
5 years, 6 months ago

Rajasthan HC Rejects Plea Challenging Exclusion Of 'Married Daughters' From Availing Benefit Of Compassionate Appointment Scheme [Read Order]

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The Rajasthan High Court rejected a challenge against exclusion of married daughters from availing the benefit of compassionate appointment under Rajasthan Compassionate Appointment of Dependents of Deceased Government Servant Rules,1996.One Kshama Devi, had challenged the validity of Rule 2 contending that the same to the extent it excludes from its purview married daughters,. The Rajasthan High Court rejected a challenge …

Child Born Out Of Second Marriage Is Entitled To Get Compassionate Appointment : Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 10 months ago

Child Born Out Of Second Marriage Is Entitled To Get Compassionate Appointment : Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has quashed an order of the Bengaluru Development Authority whereby appointment on compassionate ground was rejected on account of the applicant being born out of the second marriage of its deceased employee. The Authority's order was based on a 2013 decision of the division bench of the High Court which had held that a child born …

Can't Deny Compassionate Employment To Child From Second Marriage Under Hindu Marriage Act: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
6 years ago

Can't Deny Compassionate Employment To Child From Second Marriage Under Hindu Marriage Act: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Granting relief to a deceased railway employee's son, the Bombay High Court has held that compassionate employment cannot be denied to him just because he was born out of the employee's second marriage.A division bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice SK Shinde followed the decision of the apex court in Union of India and Anr vs. VR Tripathi and …

Children Born Out Of Void Marriage Are Legitimate, Compassionate Appointment Cannot Be Denied To Them: SC
6 years, 2 months ago

Children Born Out Of Void Marriage Are Legitimate, Compassionate Appointment Cannot Be Denied To Them: SC

Live Law  

In a judgment which was pronounced a month ago, the Supreme Court held that benefit of compassionate appointment scheme cannot be denied to the children born out of a second marriage.The bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice MR Shah dismissed appeals filed by Union of India against Bombay High Court judgment which had held in favour of. In a …

Bombay HC Nullifies Marriage of 9-Year-Old Due to Non-Consummation
6 years, 10 months ago

Bombay HC Nullifies Marriage of 9-Year-Old Due to Non-Consummation

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The Bombay High Court has allowed an appeal against a judgment of a District Court in Kolhapur and nullified a 9-year-old marriage between two parties on grounds of non-consummation. The court observed that the two parties claim that they never stayed together even for a day, but the court found that this was not sufficient evidence to support the claim …

Bombay HC Rules In Favour Of Wife, Nullifies 9yr Old Marriage Due To Non-Consummation, Husband To Appeal Before SC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 10 months ago

Bombay HC Rules In Favour Of Wife, Nullifies 9yr Old Marriage Due To Non-Consummation, Husband To Appeal Before SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has allowed an appeal against a judgment of a District Court in Kolhapur and nullified a 9-year-old marriage between two parties on grounds of non-consummation.Justice Mridula Bhatkar held that the first appellate court at Kolhapur had erred in holding that the marriage was valid despite the fact that there was no consummation.Case backgroundThe appellant wife contended. …

A Mother Can’t Be Compelled To Choose Between Her Motherhood & Employment, State Can’t Discriminate Against Her 'Right To Dignity' As Mother: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
7 years, 3 months ago

A Mother Can’t Be Compelled To Choose Between Her Motherhood & Employment, State Can’t Discriminate Against Her 'Right To Dignity' As Mother: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

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“No service Regulations can stand in the way of a woman for claiming protection of her fundamental right of dignity as a mother,said the Court. “No service Regulations can stand in the way of a woman for claiming protection of her fundamental right of dignity as a mother,” Justice A Muhamed Mustaque said. The court, while hearing her plea, said, …

Divorced Daughter Eligible For Appointment On Compassionate Grounds: Calcutta HC (FB) [Read Judgment]
7 years, 6 months ago

Divorced Daughter Eligible For Appointment On Compassionate Grounds: Calcutta HC (FB) [Read Judgment]

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A Full Bench of Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, held that a divorced daughter would come under the definition of an “unmarried daughter” and would be eligible for appointment on compassionate grounds.“The beneficent scheme underlying the settlement would be thrown out of gear in the event, a restrictive meaning is applied and benefits are not extended to a divorcee daughter, …

Marriage Not A Ground To Deny Compassionate Appointment To Employee’s Daughter: Madras HC [Read Judgment]
7 years, 11 months ago

Marriage Not A Ground To Deny Compassionate Appointment To Employee’s Daughter: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Madurai bench of Madras High Court, in Joint Registrar/ Managing Director, Virudhunagar District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd vs P Asothai, has held that denying employment to the daughter of the deceased on the ground of marriage is violation of Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution.A bench comprising Justice R Subbian and Justice J Nisha Banu was considering …

No Job On Compassionate Grounds For Second Wife: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 1 month ago

No Job On Compassionate Grounds For Second Wife: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court recently refused to declare a woman as the legally wedded wife of a deceased Government employee for the purpose of appointment on compassionate grounds, noting that under Hindu Law, marriage is a sacrament and not a contract, which can be entered into by execution of a marriage deed.“Under Hindu Law, marriage is a sacrament and not …

Illegitimate son eligible for Govt. job on compassionate grounds: Madras HC [Read Order]
8 years, 8 months ago

Illegitimate son eligible for Govt. job on compassionate grounds: Madras HC [Read Order]

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The High Court of Madras recently dismissed an appeal filed by Chennai Metro Water Supply & Sewerage Board, holding that illegitimate sons are eligible for government employment on compassionate grounds.“Though the respondent may be an illegitimate son, still, that does not come in his way for seeking the benefit of compassionate appointment so long as he takes care of the. …

Illegitimate son eligible for Govt. job on compassionate grounds: Madras HC [Read Order]
8 years, 8 months ago

Illegitimate son eligible for Govt. job on compassionate grounds: Madras HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The High Court of Madras recently dismissed an appeal filed by Chennai Metro Water Supply & Sewerage Board, holding that illegitimate sons are eligible for government employment on compassionate grounds.“Though the respondent may be an illegitimate son, still, that does not come in his way for seeking the benefit of compassionate appointment so long as he takes care of the. …

No Compassionate Appointment to children born out of bigamous marriage: Madras HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 10 months ago

No Compassionate Appointment to children born out of bigamous marriage: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Madras High Court has held that compassionate appointment cannot be granted to the legal heirs of the deceased through the second wife. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, dismissing the challenge against denial of compassionate appointment on the ground that he is son of a deceased Government employee through his second wife, held that there is no bar for the Government to make …

No Compassionate Appointment to children born out of bigamous marriage: Madras HC [Read Judgment]
8 years, 10 months ago

No Compassionate Appointment to children born out of bigamous marriage: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Madras High Court has held that compassionate appointment cannot be granted to the legal heirs of the deceased through the second wife. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, dismissing the challenge against denial of compassionate appointment on the ground that he is son of a deceased Government employee through his second wife, held that there is no bar for the Government to make …

Exclusion of widowed Daughter in Laws in compassionate appointment schemes constitutionally impermissible : Chhattisgarh HC
9 years, 2 months ago

Exclusion of widowed Daughter in Laws in compassionate appointment schemes constitutionally impermissible : Chhattisgarh HC

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High Court of Chhattisgarh has held that the exclusion of widowed daughter-in-law in compassionate appointment policy is constitutionally impermissible and to that extent void. Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal made this observation in Duliya Bai Yadav vs. State of Chhattisgarh.The High Court, in a petition filed by a widowed daughter in law of a deceased employee challenging the order rejecting. The …

Policy prohibiting ‘married’ daughters from seeking Compassionate Appointment benefit is Unconstitutional : Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]
9 years, 3 months ago

Policy prohibiting ‘married’ daughters from seeking Compassionate Appointment benefit is Unconstitutional : Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Last week, Allahabad High Court had directed the Govt. to include a divorced daughter within the definition of family, for the purpose of compassionate appointments in the event of death of a government employee while on duty.The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the policy of the State Government barring and prohibiting the consideration of the married daughter from seeking. …

Second wife’s son cannot be appointed on compassionate grounds, when marriage was not in accordance with law: Bombay HC
9 years, 7 months ago

Second wife’s son cannot be appointed on compassionate grounds, when marriage was not in accordance with law: Bombay HC

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Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justice Vasanti A. Naik and Justice A.M. Badar has held that second wife’s child cannot seek Government job on compassionate grounds, when the second marriage was not in accordance with law.The Court also noted that the application for appointment was also made after an inordinate delay of more than 10 years after …

Married daughter of a deceased Government employee can be appointed on compassionate grounds: Madras High Court
10 years, 4 months ago

Married daughter of a deceased Government employee can be appointed on compassionate grounds: Madras High Court

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Justice D. Hariparanthaman of the Madras High Court has ruled that a married daughter of a deceased government employee is eligible for appointment under compassionate grounds.The Court ruled, "There cannot be any discrimination between a married son and a married daughter. Justice D. Hariparanthaman of the Madras High Court has ruled that a married daughter of a deceased government employee …

Married daughter of a deceased Government employee can be appointed on compassionate grounds: Madras High Court
10 years, 4 months ago

Married daughter of a deceased Government employee can be appointed on compassionate grounds: Madras High Court

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Justice D. Hariparanthaman of the Madras High Court has ruled that a married daughter of a deceased government employee is eligible for appointment under compassionate grounds.The Court ruled, "There cannot be any discrimination between a married son and a married daughter. Justice D. Hariparanthaman of the Madras High Court has ruled that a married daughter of a deceased government employee …

'Relevant degrees must for compassionate employment'
11 years, 6 months ago

'Relevant degrees must for compassionate employment'

Hindustan Times  

Death of a government employee in harness doesn't entitle the family to claim compassionate employment and the person seeking such an appointment must be qualified for the post, the Supreme Court has held. HT Image "Mere death of a government employee in harness does not entitle the family to claim compassionate employment," said a bench of Justice BS Chauhan and …

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