Supreme Court of India
Mukesh Kumar & Anr v. The Union of India & Ors.
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We hold that the issue arising for consideration, in this case, is covered by the judgment of this Court in Union of India and Ors. v.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Constitution of India: Art.16(2) – Condition imposed by the Railway Board circular that compassionate appointment cannot be granted to children born from the second wife of a deceased employee – Held: Is not sustainable – Denial to grant compas sionate appointment only on the ground of descent under Art.16(2) amounts to discrimination. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: While compassionate appointment is an exception to the constitutional guarantee under Article 16, a policy for compassionate appointment must be consistent with the man date of Articles 14 and 16. That is to say, a policy
Authorities it was built on
- 2008 V. Sivamurthy v. State of Andhra Pradesh. and Ors.
- 1960 Gazula Dasaratha Rama Rao v. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Others
- 2018 Union of India and Anr. v. V. R. Tripathi
- 2003 State of Haryana and Anr. v. Ankur Gupta
- 1987 Yogender Pal Singh & Others v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2012 Director General of Posts & Ors. v. K. Chandrashekar Rao
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