Maternity Benefit Act is Applicable to Contractual Employees: Delhi High Court

On the question of validity of claims of whether maternity benefits will be applicable to a contractual employee, the high court pointed out that the liberty to carry a child is a fundamental right, and 'to stand in the way of exercise of this right by a woman, without procedure or intervention of law, is not only violative of the fundamental rights granted by the Constitution of India but also against the basic tenets of social justice'

from Top India News- News18.com
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