Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Anr. v. B. Kishore

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Reported as [2011] 5 S.C.R. 719
Bench Aftab Alam and R.M. Lodha JJ.
Decided 6 April 2011

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Service Law - Appointment - Compassionate appointment - Entitlement to - Respondent's wife died while she was in service - Respondent obtained death-cum- terminal benefits of his wife from her department - Subsequently he made application for compassionate appointment - Department rejected the application of respondent on the ground that he was not considered to be in 'indigent circumstances' - Decision upheld by Tribunal - Respondent filed writ petition - High Court allowed the writ petition holding that the scheme of compassionate appointment does not lay emphasis on indigency as a

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