Law Prep Tutorial Patna - CLAT Coaching

The Supreme Court has held that a compassionate appointment policy cannot restrict eligibility to only divorced or deserted daughters while excluding other married daughters, ruling that such a classification is unconstitutional and violative of the guarantee of equality under Article 14 of the Constitution. ⚖️🇮🇳 A Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B Varale struck down the relevant condition in the Bihar Government's policy dated December 10, 2014, while allowing the appeal filed by a woman whose claim for compassionate appointment following the death of her father had been rejected on the ground that she was neither divorced nor deserted. 🏛️ The Court observed that it has consistently held that any classification differentiating a daughter from a son is unconstitutional. "This Court has repeatedly held that any classification differentiating a daughter from a son is, per se, unconstitutional." ⚖️👩‍⚖️