Maternity leave as a facet of reproductive rights and dignity is a constitutional guarantee, requiring service rules to be interpreted liberally, not restricting benefit based on children from a previous marriage not in the employee’s custody.
2025 INSC 781 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH K. UMADEVI Vs. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, JJ. ) Civil…