Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Compassionate appointment age ceiling under NCWA (Clause 9.3.4) assessed at application start, not at claim consideration | Compassionate appointment rules : SC
The Supreme Court ruled that the 35-year age limit for compassionate appointments under the National Coal Wage Agreement must be measured from the date the application process begins, not from when the claim is finally considered. This prevents employers from using procedural delays to disqualify eligible dependents of deceased workers.