NEW DELHI, Jun 3: The Supreme Court has ruled that married daughters cannot be excluded from consideration for compassionate appointment, holding that such exclusion from the definition of “family” is arbitrary, unjustified and constitutionally untenable. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe made the observation while setting aside an order of the Allahabad […]

Supreme Court rules excluding married daughters from 'family' definition for compassionate appointments is arbitrary and unconstitutional.