Naina Gupta vs Union of India - 2025 Supreme(All) 2910

Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Siddharth Khare
For the Respondent: Ajay Shankar

Table of Content
1. essential facts of the case (Para 2 , 3 , 4)
2. arguments presented by both parties (Para 5 , 6 , 7)
3. analysis of compassionate grounds appointments and family disputes (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17)
4. eligibility and financial status of claimant parties (Para 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28)
5. analysis of competing claims and determination of eligibility based on various factors. (Para 29)
6. conclusions and directives issued (Para 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39)
7. final conclusions and directions issued by the court. (Para 34)

JUDGMENT :

Ajay Bhanot, J.

1. The judgement is being structured in the following conceptual framework to facilitate the discussion:

I	Introduction
II	Facts established from the record
III	Submissions of learned counsel for the parties
IV	Issues arising for consideration
V	Appointments on compassionate grounds: rationale and purpose
VI	(A) Disputes and competing claims in the process of compassionate ground appointments: General
VI	(B) Disputes and competing claims regarding compassionate appointments: Duties of the employer
VII	Analysis of the competing claims:
	(a) Eligibility of parties for appointment
	(b)