Canara Bank & Anr vs M. Mahesh Kumar on 15 May, 2015
5. An aspect examined by this
judgment [Canara Bank v. M. Mahesh
Kumar, (2015) 7 SCC 412 : (2015) 2 SCC
(L&S) 539] is as to whether a claim for
compassionate employment under a
scheme of a particular year could be
decided based on a subsequent scheme
that came into force much after the claim.
The answer to this has been emphatically
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in the negative. It has also been observed
that the grant of family pension and
payment of terminal benefits cannot be
treated as a substitute for providing
employment assistance. The crucial aspect
is to turn to the scheme itself to consider
as to what are the provisions made in the
scheme for such compassionate
appointment."