Remarriage Cannot Extinguish Widow’s Statutory Right to Compassionate Appointment under Rule 51B; School Directed to Appoint Petitioner: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has set aside a school manager’s decision denying compassionate appointment to a widow solely on the ground that she remarried. The judgment, delivered by Justice N. Nagaresh, restored the statutory rights of Mini R.K., who had been waiting nearly eight years for a vacancy to arise after the death of her husband, a government-aided school teacher. Background Of The Case Mini R.K. lost her husband, Mohnasundaram…