Maternity Leave Rules Cannot Be Interpreted To Deny Leave For Third Pregnancy If Claimed For The First Time: Madras High Court
In a significant ruling, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court addressed the case of C. Kohila, a staff nurse at Government Rajaji Hospital, who filed a writ petition challenging the rejection of her maternity leave application. The petitioner, who had previously given birth to two children during her first marriage, had not availed maternity leave for those births as she was employed on a contract basis at the…
