Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 453 · Decided 16 August 2004
Punjab National Bank and ORS. v. Ashwini Kumar Taneja
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 453 · [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 597
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5256/2004
- Decided
- 16 August 2004
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Leave Granted & Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Service Law: Punjab National Bank Scheme for Employment of the Dependents of the Employee who dies while in the service of the Bank Service on C Compassionate Grounds: Compassionate appointment-Conditions to be fulfilled-Financial hardship-Deceased employee's heirs received retrial benefits-But hardship to his family in view of the retrial benefits-Validity of- D Held: Appointment on compassionate ground is not a source of recruitment but merely an exception to making appointments on open invitation of application on benefits-The object is to enable the family to get over sudden
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