Supreme Court of India

Bank of Baroda & Ors v. Baljit Singh

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Reported as [2023] 10 S.C.R. 977
Bench B. V. Nagarathna and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 21 June 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court was not right in answering the questions of law in favour of the respondent and thereby, setting aside the judgment of the First Appellate Court and restoring the judgment of the Trial Court.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Service Law – Compassionate Appointment – Criterion regarding financial status, non-fulfilment of – Hel d: Appointment of a candidate on compassionate basis does not create any vested right – It is only when a candidate is covered under all cl auses of the Scheme applicable that he/she could be consider ed for compassionate appointment – In the present case, the 1998 Sche me applicable to the case of the respondent disentitles a c andidate for compassionate appointment benefit on the application of the f ormula for calculation of monthly income if the same is not less t han 60% of the total

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