Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Anr. v. V. R. Tripathi

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Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 281
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 11 December 2018

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we do not find any merit in the appeal.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Service law : Appointment – Compassionate appointmen t – Son born to railway employee from second marriage c ontracted during the subsistence of his first marriage – Bene fit of compassionate appointment to the son on the death of his fat her – Claim for – Rejected by the Railway Authorities, however , allowed by the tribunal and the High Court – Held: There is n o right as such to compassionate appointment but only an entitlemen t, where a scheme or rules envisaging it exist, to be considered in accordance with the provisions – Having regard to the purpose and obje ct of a scheme of

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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