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Supreme Court and High Courts judgments on Compassionate appointment

43 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count.

Sandeep K vs The Indian Council Of Agriculture Research (ICAR) & Ors.
Kerala HC · 20 February 2026
The petitioner, son of a deceased employee of ICAR-CPCRI who died in service in 2011, challenged an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam Bench, which rejected his claim for compassionate appointment on…
The Director of Town Panchayat & Ors. vs M. Jayabal & Anr. Etc.
SC · 12 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 593 : 2025 INSC 1423
Issue arose whether the compassionate appointment of a family member on account of death of an employee in service, is as a matter of right; whether the dependent family member of a deceased employee, after being appoint…
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited vs GRSE Limited Workmens Union & Ors.
SC · 25 February 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 1813 : 2025 INSC 363
Whether judicial discipline and propriety were maintained, in the light of r.26 of the Appellate Side Rules of the High Court at Calcutta, 1966 in relation to applications u/Art.226 and the powers of the Hon’ble Chief Ju…
Canara Bank vs Ajithkumar G.K.
SC · 11 February 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 963 : 2025 INSC 184
Father of the respondent passed away while in service of the appellant. A scheme for appointment on compassionate ground, formulated by the appellant and contained in Circular No. 154/93 dated 8th May, 1993, was in force…
Amritpal Singh vs Pepsu Road Transport Corporation and others
P&H HC · 13 December 2024
The petitioner sought compassionate appointment in place of his father, who died in harness on 18.07.2001 while serving as a Conductor with PEPSU Road Transport Corporation (PRTC). The petitioner was a minor aged 10 year…
Tinku vs State of Haryana & Ors.
SC · 13 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 713 : 2024 INSC 867
Whether the appellant was entitled to appointment on compassionate grounds.
Union of India & Ors. Etc. vs Prohlad Guha Etc.
SC · 1 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 8 : 2024 INSC 563
Respondent-employees were appointed on compassionate ground. The authority found that their appointments were based on forged/fabricated and bogus documents and their services were terminated. The issue which arises for…
Bank of India & Ors. vs Pankaj Srivastava
SC · 30 April 2024
[2024] 5 S.C.R. 1305 : 2024 INSC 538
Whether there is relevant material on record that could be construed as contemplation of the disciplinary proceedings against the deceased employee which would prima facie result in award of major penalty, and thereby ba…
Case Details Ashok Kumar Mewari vs Union of India & Others
SC · 5 December 2023
[2023] 16 S.C.R. 1535 : 2023 INSC 1092
Appellant made a composite prayer for voluntary retirement on medical ground subject to the condition that his son may be appointed in his place on compassionate ground, in terms of the Circular dtd.14.06.2006. Whether t…
Case Details Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty & Anr. vs Union of India
SC · 17 October 2023
[2023] 16 S.C.R. 1209 : 2023 INSC 920
The issues were primarily two-fold: (a) the status of the right to marry for LGBTQ+ couples and (b) depending upon the answer to the first, the remedy that must ensue.
Bank of Baroda & Ors. vs Baljit Singh
SC · 21 June 2023
[2023] 10 S.C.R. 977 : 2023 INSC 584
Service Law – Compassionate Appointment – Criterion regarding financial status, non-fulfilment of – Held: Appointment of a candidate on compassionate basis does not create any vested right – It is only when a candidate i…
The State of West Bengal vs Debabrata Tiwari & Ors. etc. etc.
SC · 3 March 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 611 : 2023 INSC 202
Service Law – Compassionate Appointment – Held: Existence of a policy issued by the State Government is a sine qua non for making appointments on compassionate basis – However, in the present case, there was no policy ex…
The State of Maharashtra and Anr. vs Ms. Madhuri Maruti Vidhate (Since After Marriage Smt. Madhuri Santosh Koli)
SC · 30 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 251 : 2022 INSC 1057
Service Law – Compassionate appointment – Married daughter, if entitled to – Father died in harness – Mother appointed on compassionate ground, also died while in service – Elder married daughter made application for see…
Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd. & Ors. vs Anusree K.B.
SC · 30 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 267 : 2022 INSC 1051
Service Law – Compassionate Appointment – Application for, rejected – Writ petition – High Court directed appellants to reconsider appointment on compassionate grounds – Propriety – Held: Not proper – The whole object of…
Ahmednagar Mahanagar Palika vs Ahmednagar Mahanagar Palika Kamgar Union
SC · 5 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 195 : 2022 INSC 914
Appointment – On Compassionate grounds – Ahmednagar Municipal Council was converted to Ahmednagar Mahanagar Palika / Municipal Corporation in 2003 – When the Council was in existence, an industrial dispute was raised by…
State of Uttar Pradesh and Others vs Mohd Rehan Khan
SC · 8 August 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 141 : 2022 INSC 806
Service Law – Compassionate appointment – Uttar Pradesh Recruitment of Dependents of Government Servants Dying in Harness (Tenth Amendment) Rules 2014– r.5(1)(i), proviso to – Eligibility criteria and additional qualific…
Central Bank of India vs Nitin
SC · 3 August 2022
[2022] 6 S.C.R. 1076 : 2022 INSC 1313
Service Law – Compassionate Appointment – Respondent-writ petitioner’s father who was working in appellant-Bank applied for voluntary premature retirement on the ground of medical incapacitation – Appellant permitted the…
Suneel Kumar vs State of U.P. & Ors.
SC · 2 August 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 114 : 2022 INSC 787
The Uttar Pradesh Recruitment of Dependents of Government Servants Dying in Harness Rules, 1974 – Rule 5 – Compassionate appointment – When superior qualification is held by the dependent – The father of the appellant wa…
Malaya Nanda Sethy vs State of Orissa and Others
SC · 20 May 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 707 : 2022 INSC 617
Service Law: Compassionate Appointment – Claim of – Rules applicable, rules prevailing on the death of the Government servant, who died in harness or the subsequent scheme prevalent at the time of consideration of the ap…
B.S. Murthy & Ors. vs A. Ravinder Singh & Ors.
SC · 15 March 2022
[2022] 19 S.C.R. 1 : 2022 INSC 305
Service Law — Central Excise and Land Customs Group-C Recruitment Rules, 1979 — Determination of inter-se seniority – Recruitment to the post of Inspectors of Central Excise was from two channels : Direct recruitments an…
M. Kendra Devi vs The Government of Tamil Nadu and Others
SC · 10 March 2022
[2022] 9 S.C.R. 255 : 2022 INSC 288
Service Law: Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1955 – r.35(aa) – Seniority – Appellants were selected as Assistant Engineer – They were direct recruits of first batch selected in 1991-1992 and the second b…
Mukesh Kumar & Anr. vs The Union of India & Ors.
SC · 24 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 644 : 2022 INSC 229
Constitution of India: Art.16(2) – Condition imposed by the Railway Board circular that compassionate appointment cannot be granted to children born from the second wife of a deceased employee – Held: Is not sustainable…
The Secretary to Govt. Department of Education (Primary) & Ors. vs Bheemesh alias Bheemappa
SC · 16 December 2021
[2021] 12 S.C.R. 123 : 2021 INSC 907
Service Law: Compassionate appointment – Appointment on compassionate grounds is not automatic, but subject to strict scrutiny of various parameters including the financial position of the family, the economic dependence…
Union of India & Ors. vs Amrita Sinha
SC · 11 December 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 602 : 2021 INSC 868
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. v. AMRITA SINHA (Civil Appeal Nos 7640-7641 of 2021) DECEMBER 11, 2021 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y. CHANDRACHUD AND A. S. BOPANNA, JJ.] Service Law – Compassionate Appointment – Held: In evaluating a claim fo…
The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. vs Ashish Awasthi
SC · 18 November 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 444 : 2021 INSC 759
Service Law – Appointment on compassionate ground – Father of the respondent died on 08.10.2015 – That at the time of death the deceased employee was serving as a work charge and he was paid salary from the contingency f…
Steel Authority of India Limited vs Gouri Devi
SC · 18 November 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 37 : 2021 INSC 755
Service Law: Compassionate appointment – Delay and laches in case of appointment on compassionate ground – Deceased employee died in the year 1977 – Application for compassionate appointment by eldest son was rejected –…
The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. vs Premlata
SC · 5 October 2021
[2021] 8 S.C.R. 597 : 2021 INSC 619
Dying-In-Harness Rules 1974 – r.5 – Compassionate appointment – Suitable post – Respondent’s husband, a Class-IV government servant died while serving as Messenger in Police Radio Department – She sought appointment on c…
The State of Bihar & Ors. vs Arbind Jee
SC · 28 September 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 47 : 2021 INSC 560
Service law: Retrospective seniority – Claim for, from a date when an employee was not even borne in service – Held: Retrospective seniority unless directed by court or expressly provided by the applicable Rules, should…
The Director of Treasuries in Karnataka & Anr. vs V. Somyashree
SC · 13 September 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 649 : 2021 INSC 472
Service Law – Compassionate appointment – Plea of – Karnataka Civil Services (Appointment on Compassionate Grounds) Rules 1996 – rr. 2 and 3 – Mother of the original writ petitoner was employed with the Government of Kar…
The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. vs Uttam Singh
SC · 3 August 2021
[2021] 8 S.C.R. 345 : 2021 INSC 378
Service Law: Compassionate appointment – By impugned order of High Court, respondent was granted benefit of compassionate appointment on account of demise of his father who was working with the appellants – Challenged by…

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