Orissa high court awards Rs 5 lakh compensation for 20-year job appointment delay
Orissa high court has ordered the state to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation to a job-seeker denied appointment for over two decades, despite a tribunal's favourable order. Justices Dixit Krishna Shripad and Chittaranjan Dash criticised the tribunal's decision to drop contempt proceedings, emphasising that successful litigants cannot be left remediless.
Orissa high court has ordered the state to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation to a job-seeker denied appointment for over two decades, despite a tribunal's favourable order. Justices Dixit Krishna Shripad and Chittaranjan Dash criticised the tribunal's decision to drop contempt proceedings, emphasising that successful litigants cannot be left remediless.
