New Delhi: A general view of the Supreme Court of India standing tall under a clear sky, in New Delhi, Monday, January 05, 2025. The appellants had questioned the Bihar government's December 10, 2014 policy, under which only a divorced or deserted daughter is eligible for compassionate appointment. However, the Supreme Court recorded that the brother had earlier furnished a no-objection certificate, observing that "the said ground for rejection no longer survives". On the policy restricting compassionate appointment to divorced or deserted daughters, the Justice Sundresh-led Bench held that any distinction between sons and daughters in such matters is constitutionally impermissible. "In any event, adopting a hyper-technical approach cannot be a ground to deny consideration of her claim for compassionate appointment," the bench said.