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Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: February 2025 [Citations: 73 - 143]
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: February 2025 [Citations: 73 - 143]

Live Law  

Nominal Index: Vipin P G v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw 73 Sneha Vijayan v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw 74 State of Kerala v Pradeepkumar A.V, 2025 LiveLaw 75 Biju Abraham and Another v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw 76 Ciby George v District Collector & Connected Cases, 2025 LiveLaw 77 Shuaib A. S. v State of Kerala and …

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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 …

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Compassionate Employment Cannot Be Denied To Dependents Who Have Been 'Fighting For Claim' By Fixing Subsequent Cut-Off Date: Kerala HC
1 month ago

Compassionate Employment Cannot Be Denied To Dependents Who Have Been 'Fighting For Claim' By Fixing Subsequent Cut-Off Date: Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently stated that when the benefits of a compassionate employment scheme have been extended to the dependants of employees of private aided colleges, then neither the government nor the college authorities can deny these benefits to the dependants who have been fighting for this cause by fixing a subsequent cut-off date for availing the benefit of …

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26 Principles Relating To Compassionate Appointment : Supreme Court Explains
1 month, 1 week ago

26 Principles Relating To Compassionate Appointment : Supreme Court Explains

Live Law  

In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court summarised the principles relating to compassionate appointment. i) None can claim compassionate appointment, on the occurrence of death/medical incapacitation of the concerned employee, as if it were a vested right, and any appointment without considering the financial condition of the family of the deceased is legally impermissible. Also, it is only in rare …

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Himachal to resolve pending cases of employment on compassionate grounds: CM
3 months ago

Himachal to resolve pending cases of employment on compassionate grounds: CM

Hindustan Times  

To settle pending cases of employment on compassionate grounds, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday directed officials to formulate a comprehensive policy for employment on compassionate ground and said his government intends to settle all pending cases. Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu instructed the officers to come up with the requisite data in the next meeting on …

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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. …

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Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere In Kerala HC Order Invalidating 'Compassionate Appointment' To Late MLA's Son
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere In Kerala HC Order Invalidating 'Compassionate Appointment' To Late MLA's Son

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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere in the order of the Kerala High Court which had set aside the appointment of late MLA Ramachandran Nair's son in the State's Public Works Department under 'compassionate employment'.The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing the challenge against the Kerala High Court order which cancelled the. The …

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Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 27 To December 3, 2023
1 year, 3 months ago

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 27 To December 3, 2023

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Nominal Index: Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited & Other And Mallikarjun Savanur. 2023 LiveLaw 456 Harish B T And Life Insurance Corporation of India 2023 LiveLaw 457 PC Act | Proceedings By Third Parties Not Judicial Proceedings, Employer Cannot Withhold Pension On Such Grounds: Karnataka High Court Case Title: Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited & Other And Mallikarjun Savanur Case …

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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 …

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CRPF | Govt Order Extending Compassionate Employment By Curing Defects In Earlier Order Applies Retrospectively: Kerala High Court
1 year, 5 months ago

CRPF | Govt Order Extending Compassionate Employment By Curing Defects In Earlier Order Applies Retrospectively: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court recently held that a Government Order issued to cure the defects of an earlier order will operate retrospectively from the date of the earlier order because the latter Government order can only be treated as curing the defects that existed in the earlier order. Background Facts In 2002, the Government of Kerala introduced a scheme to …

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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 …

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Appointment on compassionate ground concession not a right, says SC
2 years, 5 months ago

Appointment on compassionate ground concession not a right, says SC

Firstpost  

Appointment on compassionate ground is a concession not a right and the object of granting such employment is to enable the affected family to tide over a sudden crisis, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court last week set aside the judgement of a division bench of the Kerala High Court, which confirmed the verdict of a single judge …

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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 …

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Child Lost In Custody By Deceased Govt Employee To Be Considered As 'Dependant' For Compassionate Appointment: MP High Court
2 years, 10 months ago

Child Lost In Custody By Deceased Govt Employee To Be Considered As 'Dependant' For Compassionate Appointment: MP High Court

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently held that the child of the deceased government employee shall be considered as 'Dependant', despite the parent losing their custody, for the purpose of compassionate employment. Justifying the rejection of the application moved by the Petitioner, the Respondents argued that the Petitioner did not come under the definition of 'dependent family member' of the …

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Compassionate Employment Cannot Be Granted After A Lapse Of Reasonable Period: Supreme Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Compassionate Employment Cannot Be Granted After A Lapse Of Reasonable Period: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that compassionate employment cannot be granted after a lapse of reasonable period.Consideration of such employment is not a vested right which can be exercised at any time in the future, the bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat observed.In this case, the wife of an employee who was missing since 2002 requested the …

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'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

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"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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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'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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