Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 302 · Decided 1 March 2019
The GOVT. of India & ANR. v. P. Venkatesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 302 · [2019] 2 S.C.R. 978
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2425/2019
- Decided
- 1 March 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service law: Compassionate appointment - Claim of - Delay of over a decade in raising a claim by son of the deceased government employee- Effect of - Held: Essence of the claim of compassionate appointment lies in the immediacy of the to the tribunal suffered from a delay of over a decade in the first instance - Staleness of the claim took away the very basis of providing compassionate appointment - Thus, the claim of compassionate appointment is rejected - Judgment of the High Court which had allowed the
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