Supreme Court of India
Union of India & Anr. v. Shashank Goswami & Anr.
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Service Law - Appointment - Compassionate appointment - Held: Cannot be claimed as a matter of right - Appointment on compassionate ground is not another source of recruitment but merely an exception to the requirement of taking into consideration the fact of the death of the employee while in service leaving his family without any means of livelihood - Applicant cannot claim appointment in a particular class/group of post - Appointments on compassionate ground have to be made in accordance with the rules, regulations or administrative instructions faking into consideration the financial
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Where later benches applied it
- 2019 State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr v. Shashi Kumar
- 2025 Canara Bank v. Ajithkumar G.K.
- 2019 State of Himachal Pradesh and Anr. v. Parkash Chand
- 2019 Delhi Municipal Council Etc. Etc. v. Association of Concerned Citizens of New Delhi and Others Etc. Etc.
- 2013 State of U.P. & Ors. v. Pankaj Kumar Vishnoi
- 2012 State of Gujarat & Ors. v. Arvindkumar T. Tiwari & Anr.
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 3 mentioned
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