https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=236640 Compassionate appointment under the National Coal Wage Agreement VI must be construed strictly according to the scheme, because it is a limited concession and not a heritable right. Section 16 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 creates legitimacy only for limited purposes and cannot be used to expand the dependant category beyond the scheme's express terms. Section 20 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 does not control the meaning of "son" in this context. The expression "son" in Clause 9.3.3, read with the separate reference to "legally adopted son," was treated as limited to legitimate sons, so an illegitimate son born from a void second marriage was not included. en-us Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:52:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=236640 Compassionate appointment under the National Coal Wage Agreement VI must be construed strictly according to the scheme, because it is a limited concession and not a heritable right. Section 16 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 creates legitimacy only for limited purposes and cannot be used to expand the dependant category beyond the scheme's express terms. Section 20 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 does not control the meaning of "son" in this context. The expression "son" in Clause 9.3.3, read with the separate reference to "legally adopted son," was treated as limited to legitimate sons, so an illegitimate son born from a void second marriage was not included. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=236640