The Supreme Court has ruled that a compassionate appointment policy cannot discriminate against a person solely on the basis of descent by designating the deceased employee’s offspring as legitimate or illegitimate. The bench of Justices UU Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat, and PS Narasimha observed that excluding one class of legitimate children would fail to fulfil
Can Compassionate Appointment be Denied on the Ground of being an Illegitimate Child? Answers Supreme Court
