Compassionate Appointments Not Intended As Windfall For Kin Of Deceased, Only Meant To Keep "Kitchen Fire Burning": Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, in a recent judgment dated March 2025, clarified the legal scope of compassionate appointments, observing that they are not a matter of vested right, but a narrow exception created to help the financially distressed family members of a deceased government or public sector employee. Justice Ajay Bhanot, while hearing the case of a widow of a deceased bank employee, stated that compassionate appointments are meant to…
