Supreme Court of India · 2002-09-30
Union Of India vs Joginder Sharma
- Citation / case number
- AIRONLINE 2002 SC 636
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Union Of India
- Respondent
- Joginder Sharma
- Author
- D. Raju
- Bench
- Doraiswamy Raju, Shivaraj V. Patil
Judgment text excerpt
The case concerns a claim for compassionate appointment by the son of a deceased government employee. The respondent sought appointment under a policy that limited such appointments to 5% of available vacancies, which had already been exhausted. The Supreme Court examined whether the Central Administrative Tribunal had the authority to direct the government to relax this percentage ceiling to facilitate the appointment.