Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 200 · Decided 11 March 2011
Bhawani Prasad Sonkar v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 200 · [2011] 4 S.C.R. 630
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5101/2005
- Decided
- 11 March 2011
- Bench
- D.K. JAIN, H.L. DATTU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
4 S.C.R. 630 BHAWANL PRASAD SONKAR v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 5101 of 2005) MARCH 11, 2011 [D.K. JAIN AND H.L. DATTU, JJ.) Service Law: c Grant of compassionate appointment - Object of - Held: Compassionate employment is given solely on humanitarian grounds and cannot be to the general rule, carved out in the interest of justice, in certain exigencies, by way of a policy of an employer, which partakes the character of the service rules - The scheme has to be strictly construed and confined only to the purpose it seeks to E achieve. Compassionate appointment
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