India, April 28 -- LUCKNOW The Lucknow bench of the Allahabbad high court has ruled that the eligibility of a "widowed daughter-in-law" for compassionate appointment must be determined with reference to the date of death of the government employee. The court held that a person who was not a member of the "family unit" at the time of the employee's death cannot claim eligibility based on subsequent events such as marriage or widowhood.

The division bench of justice Rajan Roy and justice Abhdesh Kumar Choudhary passed this judgement on April 24 while dismissing the special appeal of one Deepika Tiwari.

The issue of the case was whether a woman who married the government employee's son approximately two years after his death and subsequent...