Compassionate Appointment Can't Be Sought Long After Death Of Family's Bread Winner, Doesn't Continue In Perpetuity: Delhi High Court

Nupur Thapliyal

5 Aug 2025 11:42 AM IST

  • Compassionate Appointment Cant Be Sought Long After Death Of Familys Bread Winner, Doesnt Continue In Perpetuity: Delhi High Court

    The Delhi High Court has observed that compassionate appointment cannot be sought long after the death of a family's bread winner and is not a right which continues in perpetuity. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla observed that compassionate appointment caters to a very specific exigency, which dies with efflux of time.“Compassionate...

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    Nupur Thapliyal is a Principal Correspondent with LiveLaw, based in New Delhi. She reports from the Delhi High Court and trial courts in the national capital

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