https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174858 Contempt proceedings are not warranted where an employer terminates services after notice and in purported compliance with an earlier court direction, especially while a separate writ challenge to the termination remains pending. The text also explains that compassionate appointment is a limited exception to equality in public employment and is valid only within the governing scheme and for eligible dependants. An appointment made outside the scheme, by a person not covered as a dependent beneficiary and long after the employee's death, is treated as without authority and a nullity, so its cancellation cannot support contempt action. en-us Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:49:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174858 Contempt proceedings are not warranted where an employer terminates services after notice and in purported compliance with an earlier court direction, especially while a separate writ challenge to the termination remains pending. The text also explains that compassionate appointment is a limited exception to equality in public employment and is valid only within the governing scheme and for eligible dependants. An appointment made outside the scheme, by a person not covered as a dependent beneficiary and long after the employee's death, is treated as without authority and a nullity, so its cancellation cannot support contempt action. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174858