death in harness Archives

‘MNREGA worker not workmen/employee under Workmen Compensation Act’; Himachal Pradesh HC denies compensation to deceased MNREGA worker’s heirs

“Since a MNREGA worker is not covered under the definition of Workmen Compensation Act, there is no right to claim compensation under WC Act for death of a person employed under MNREGA/Scheme under MNREGA even if the said death has occurred during the course of employment.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Compassionate appointment is one-time benefit, no betterment of position allowed; Chhattisgarh HC reiterates while rejecting post upgradation plea

“Acceptance of appointment, even under protest, amounts to exhaustion of the one-time benefit. There cannot be endless negotiation or choice in such appointments, which are an exception to the general rule of recruitment.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Married daughter cannot claim compassionate appointment as a right; certainly not years after employee’s death: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: In a case where a married daughter of the deceased was claiming compassionate appointment, the bench of MR Shah* and

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court rejects claim of compassionate appointment after 27 years delay of adopted son

Allahabad High Court: Saurabh Shyam Shamshery, J. dismissed a writ petition filed for claiming compassionate appointment stating that compassionate appointment

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | State directed to release the arrears of the deceased-in harness in the favour of the family along with interest

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ. and Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, J., allowed a petition which was filed