Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1186 · Decided 20 October 2008
Steel Authority of India v. Madhusudan Das & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1186 · [2008] 14 S.C.R. 824
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6159/2008
- Decided
- 20 October 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
Service law - Appointment - Compassionate appoint- ?(_ -~ ment- Claim of, by dependent son of employee dying in har- c ness - Rejected by employer as a/so Single Judge of High Court - However, allowed by Division Bench - Sustainability of - Held: Appointment on compassionate ground is a con- - As per the terms of Settlement, in case of death due to accident arising out of and in course of D employment, compassionate appointment was to be provided to one of his/her direct dependents - Division Bench of High Court erred in holding that employer was bound to provide compassionate
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