Rajasthan HC Decision’s Against a Wife: In an important decision, the Rajasthan High Court has ordered the state government to deduct Rs 20,000 every month from the salary of a woman and deposit this amount in her father-in-law’s account. This case is from Rajasthan, where a woman got a job on compassionate grounds after the death of her husband. After the death of her husband, she was given about 70% of the provident fund and compensation amount. But, after just 18 days, she left her in-laws’ house and got married for the second time.
Father-in-law took legal action
The woman’s father-in-law filed a petition in the court, stating that his son, late Rajesh Kumar, who was a technical assistant at Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, had died while in service on September 15, 2015.
After Rajesh’s death, the department invited applications from the family for appointment on compassionate grounds. During this process, father-in-law Bhagwan was given this opportunity, but he gave it up in favor of his daughter-in-law, so that she could be the support of her family. Within 18 days of getting the job, the woman left home and got married again. After this the father-in-law approached the court.
What happened in the court?
The woman said that she had initially helped her father-in-law, but she was harassed, due to which she left the house and had to marry again. However, the court, after examining the records, found that both father-in-law and mother-in-law were financially dependent on the son’s earnings and after the son’s untimely death, they became completely helpless.
The Rajasthan High Court said that since the compassionate appointment was given for the financial support of the family, it is not appropriate that after getting the job, the woman should completely ignore the parents of her late husband.
The court directed the state government to deduct Rs 20,000 per month from the woman’s salary and deposit this amount in the account of father-in-law Bhagwan. This judgment not only underlines the moral objective of compassionate appointments, but also shows that the law does not permit shirking family responsibility.
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