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Supreme Court May 2025: Latest Stories & Judgments on New Appointments; Arbitral Award; Maternity leave; SCBA elections; 3-year Legal Practice for Judiciary; and more

Stay informed with the latest Supreme Court judgments from May 2025, covering critical topics such as modifications to arbitral awards, maternity leave policies, SCBA elections, and the right to digital access. This comprehensive roundup also highlights the appointments and transfers by the Supreme Court. Explore the key rulings shaping the legal landscape.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Objectives of population control & providing maternity leave to working women not mutually exclusive & must be rationally harmonised: SC

In the instant case, the appellant was denied maternity leave for a third child on account of her re-marriage. The Supreme Court held that the appellant was entitled to grant of maternity leave.

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Employer not expected to seek proof beyond doubt of marriage for granting maternity leave: Madras HC awards Rs.1 Lakh compensation to Magistrate’s office assistant

“When prima facie evidence is available, the Magistrate, in our considered opinion, erred grievously in rejecting the application for maternity leave on assumptions and surmises. The action of the District Munsif cum Judicial Magistrate, to say the least is inhuman.”

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Part-time contractual employees entitled to maternity benefits even though their appointment rules make them ineligible: Gauhati HC

The amount to be received by petitioner shall not only be restricted to the amount claimed by her but will also include any such other computation admissible in terms of the relevant provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.

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Delhi High Court upholds order by CAT directing grant of maternity leave to lady constable for third child

It is the bounden duty of the employer to be sensitive and responsive to the physical difficulties that a working lady would face in performing her duties at the workplace while carrying a baby or bringing up the child post birth.

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A commissioning mother, who begotten child through surrogacy is entitled to maternity leave and other benefits: Orissa High Court

“A child born out of surrogacy to be treated in the similar manner as a child born out of the natural process and provide the commissioning mother with all the benefits provided thereto.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Maternity leave cannot be denied during probation period : Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal

Period of probation should not be an obstacle in the seniority of a woman who wants to be a mother

Case Briefs High Courts

Maternity Leave by a bank employee, whether during probation or otherwise, does not result in break in service; J&K and Ladakh HC clarifies

The High Court was of the view that the respondent Bank’s decision to treat maternity leave as break in service is arbitrary and violates Arts. 14 and 16.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court grants Maternity Leave to Contractual Employee in miscarriage case; says Contract doesn’t restrict the same

The instant matter was remitted to the respondents for a fresh decision on the petitioner’s maternity leave, with a directive to comply within a specified timeframe.

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Mother cannot be discriminated, as far as maternity leave is concerned; Rajasthan HC grants maternity leave to surrogate mother

“No civilization could have passed without recognizing the power of mother and often figuratively projected her as Goddess. A child born to a family sees the world first through the eyes of his or her mother and develops his or her skills through the vision of the family.”

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HIGH COURTS JULY 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Stories on PayPal; Highway Tender Scam; WB Teacher Recruitment Scam; Maternity leave; and more

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Case Briefs High Courts

Maternity leave is inherent Right of every Woman Employee and cannot be denied on Technical Grounds: Orissa HC

Denying a woman employee her basic human right to maternity leave would be an assault on her dignity as an individual and thereby offend her fundamental right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.

Case Briefs High Courts

Every Female and Male Employee whether appointed on regular basis, contractual basis, ad hoc basis, have Fundamental Right to Maternity and Paternity Leave: Himachal Pradesh HC

The Court said that the object of maternity leave is to protect the dignity of motherhood by providing full and healthy maintenance to the woman and her child and maternity leave is intended to achieve the social justice to women.

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Delhi High Court directs University to consider 59-days maternity leave application of an M.Ed regular course student against theory class

Delhi High Court observed that the citizens could not be forced to choose between their right to education and their right to exercise reproductive autonomy.

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Allahabad High Court grants relief to woman highlighting no stipulation regarding the time difference between the first and second child for availing maternity benefits

Allahabad High Court: Alok Mathur, J. allowed a writ petition which was filed by the petitioner working as Lecturer (Hindi)

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Family” includes domestic, unmarried/queer relationships; Child care/maternity leave benefits cannot be denied if women do not fit into “popular imagination” of a family: SC

“Gendered roles assigned to women and societal expectations mean that women are always pressed upon to take a disproportionate burden of childcare work.”

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Case Briefs High Courts

Can maternity leave benefits extend beyond the period when contractual period of an ad hoc employee comes to an end? Del HC analyses

Delhi High Court: In a claim of maternity benefit by a contractual employee, the Division Bench of Rajiv Shakdher and Talwant Singh,