Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 867 · Decided 13 November 2024
Tinku v. State of Haryana & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 867 · [2024] 11 S.C.R. 713
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8540/2024
- Decided
- 13 November 2024
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH, AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Whether the appellant was entitled to appointment on compassionate grounds. Service Law - Appointment on compassionate grounds - When not entitled to - Appellant's father, a constable died on duty in 1997 when he was seven years on compassionate grounds in 2008 after attaining majority - Claim rejected being time barred in view of the 1999 policy which introduced three years limit for attainment of the age of majority from the date of death of the deceased employee: Held: Compassionate appointment is an
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