Compassionate Appointment | ‘Family’ defined as a matter of policy to exclude daughter-in-law; Courts can’t expand/constrict the statutory definition: Karnataka HC
Considering the contention to read down R. 2(b)(ii) of Karnataka Civil Services (Appointment on Compassionate Grounds) (Amendment) Rules, 2021, the Court pointed out that who all can lay a claim for compassionate appointment, is a matter of public policy that falls within the domain of the lawmaker, and Courts being the legislature’s coordinate branch, cannot run a race of opinions.