Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 868 · Decided 11 December 2021
Union of India & ORS. v. Amrita Sinha
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 868 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 602
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7640/2021
- Decided
- 11 December 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law - Compassionate Appointment - Held: In evaluating a claim for compassionate appointment, it is open to the authorities to evaluate the financial position of the family upon the death while in service - If the scheme pension must be taken into account in evaluating the merits of an application seeking compassionate appointment, it has to be followed. Service Law - Compassionate appointment - Nature of - Held: It is not a matter of right, but is to enable the family to tide over an
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