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“A policy cannot discriminate against a person only on the ground of descent by classifying children of the deceased employee as legitimate and illegitimate and recognizing only the right of legitimate descendant.”

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Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Manindra Mohan Srivastava and Anoop Kumar Dhand, JJ. dismissed the petition on the ground that

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82 Judgments from the High Courts of the Country, you wouldn’t want to miss. Here’s a short recap from the month of

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Calcutta High Court: 80-year-old widow approaches Court to seek direction towards her daughter-in-law to provide for her maintenance as she had taken

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Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Sabina and Satyen Vaidya JJ. dismissed the petition on grounds of non-interference.  The facts

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“A rule of interpretation which produces different results, depending upon what the individuals do or do not do, is inconceivable.”

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Armed Forces Tribunal: Resolving a date of birth related controversy, the Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava and Vice Admiral Abhay

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Appointment on compassionate ground is a concession and not a right.

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Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of Akil Kureshi, CJ. and S.G. Chattopadhyay, J., dismissed a petition which challenged an order passed

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Supreme Court: The bench of R. Subhash Reddy and Hrishikesh Roy*, JJ has held that retrospective seniority cannot be claimed from a

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Supreme Court: In a case where a woman had sought compassionate appointment after her mother’s death in the year 2012, the bench

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Central Administrative Tribunal: Mohd. Jamshed, Member (A), held that compassionate appointment cannot be equated with family pension. Slamming the respondents for their

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Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of B.V Nagarathna and Hanchate Sanjeev Kumar, JJ. allowed the petition and remarked: “no child is

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Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J., dismissed a petition which was filed aggrieved by the denial of compassionate appointment by communication dated

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Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna, J., allowed the petition and quashed the impugned endorsement. The petitioners in the instant writ petition challenge

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The Court was hearing a case where a woman had sought compassionate appointment for her son 10 years after her husband had gone missing.

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Orissa High Court: Biswanath Rath, J. dismissed both appeals being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such that the

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Meghalaya High Court: H. S. Thangkhiew J., dismissed the writ petition being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are such

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Allahabad High Court: J.J. Munir, J., addressed an issue with regard to whether a posthumous child is entitled to compassionate appointment under

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Jharkhand High Court: S.N. Pathak, J., while dismissing the present petition, reiterates, “Compassionate Appointment is a concession and not a right.” Husband