In Brief
Vinod Kumar Singh sought compassionate appointment through a special leave petition. The State of Uttar Pradesh resisted, citing an earlier Supreme Court dismissal. However, the two-judge bench found the peculiar facts of this case warranted invoking Article 142 of the Constitution to do complete justice. The Court made absolute an interim appointment order dated 21 July 2017 granted on compassionate grounds. The appeal was disposed of, with an explicit warning that this judgment is confined to its unusual circumstances and should not serve as precedent.
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