Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 234 · Decided 13 May 1998
Director of Education (Secondary) and ANR. v. Pushpendra Kumar and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 234 · [1998] 3 S.C.R. 432
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2709/1998
- Decided
- 13 May 1998
- Bench
- S.C. AGRAWAL, S. SAGHIR AHMAD, M. SRINIVASAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
Service Law : Compassionate appointment-Object of-Explained-Such appoin- C tments made in supersession of prescribed procedure for appointment­ Recruitment process-Prospective candidates from the market viz-a-viz compassionate appointees~lt has to be ensured that a provision for grant of right of other persons who are eligible for appointment against posts which would have been available to them-Else that would be violative of equality clause--, D Statute law-Interpretation of statutes-Internal aids-Proviso­ Interpretation of-Constitution of India, Articles 14 and 16.
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