Maternity Leaves Archives

SC strikes down S. 60(4) of Social Security Code limiting Maternity Benefits for Adoptive Mothers; Bats for legal recognition of Paternity Leave

Section 60(4), Social Security Code, 2020 which entitled maternity benefit of 12 weeks to mothers who legally adopt a child below the age of 3 months, was held to be violative of the Constitution.

High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

HIGH COURTS SEPTEMBER 2024 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Read latest updates on Arvind Kejriwal; Manu Bhaker Interview row; DHFL Bank Fraud case; and more

Take a quick glance at what the High Courts were discussing in this late Monsoon season

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Whether a contractual woman employee is entitled to avail maternity leave in case of a surrogate child? HC analyses

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Sandeep Sharma JJ. allowed the petition. The facts of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Maternity benefits cannot be bestowed upon govt. servant having third child, in absence of express provisions; Special Appeal allowed against declaring rule ultra vires

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, C.J. and Alok Kumar Verma, J. allowed a special appeal where the order