Search Results for Tag : Maternity Benefit
Notifications & Circulars
Clarification on Recently Notified Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017(08.05.2017)
The Government has notified the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 on 28th March, 2017 and the provisions of the Amendment Act have come into for.....
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Amendments to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.(10.08.2016)
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its ex-post facto approval for amendments to Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 by.....
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News
Maternity Bill, 2016 Receives Prez Assent(29.03.2017)
Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 which entitles women working in organised sector to paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks has re.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Maternity Benefits to Women Pursuing Higher Education(18.02.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Central Government and University Grants Commission in a plea seeking relaxation in attendance norms for wom.....
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Allahabad High Court Directs to Frame Rules on Grant of Maternity Benefits(20.12.2021)
Allahabad High Court has directed Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University to frame rules and grant various maternity benefits to the expectant m.....
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Del. HC: Women Working on Contractual Basis Also Entitled to Benefits Under Maternity Benefit Act(14.03.2024)
Delhi High Court has observed that women working on a contractual basis are also entitled to benefits under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 even if th.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Maternity Benefit Act, Contractual Basis
Centre Issues Clarifications Regarding Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017(14.04.2017)
Ministry of Labour and Employment, while releasing a set of clarifications w.r.t. Maternity Act'17, has said that Act is applicable to contractual or .....
Tags : Ministry of Labour and Employment, Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017
Madras HC: Can’t Deny Maternity Benefits Merely on Technicalities(16.01.2023)
Madras High Court while observing that welfare legislation like Maternity Benefits Act can’t be denied merely on the basis of technicalities, has held.....
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Del. HC: Panel Lawyer of DSLSA is Not an Employee, Can’t be Entitled to Maternity Benefit(24.04.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that the appointment of panel lawyers in Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) is only as a professional and not an e.....
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Maternity Benefit Act, 2017: Act Applicable to All Those Women Workers Already on Leave on April 01(09.05.2017)
Government has clarified that it is mandatory on part of employers to extend benefit of enhanced maternity leave to those women workers who were alrea.....
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Ker. HC: Maternity Benefit Act Not Applicable to Private Educational Institutions Before 06.03.2020(07.06.2024)
Kerala HC after noting that a gazette notification was issued by the State Government making the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 applicable to private edu.....
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HP HC: Contractual Workers Also Entitled to Benefits Under Maternity Benefits Act(20.07.2020)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the benefit of maternity leaves is available to contractual employees also, with all consequential benefits,.....
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Madhya Pradesh HC: Contractual Employees Also Entitled To Benefits Under Maternity Benefits Act(01.05.2017)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that maternity leave should be granted to contractual employees, at par with regular employees.
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SC: Maternity Benefit is Not Co-Terminus with the Employment Period(18.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 contemplates that the entitlement of medical benefit accrues by fulfillment of condition under.....
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SC Reserves Judgment in Petition Challenging Section 5(4) of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961(30.01.2025)
Supreme Court has reserved its judgment in a petition challenging Section 5(4) of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 which states that a woman who adopts.....
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Supreme Court: Maternity Benefits Are a Part of Reproductive Rights(26.05.2025)
Supreme Court while setting aside order of Madras High Court which denied maternity leave to a government teacher for the birth of her third child, ha.....
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Mad. HC: State Employees Governed by TN Government Fundamental Rules and not Maternity Benefits Act(01.09.2023)
Madras High Court while observing that State Employees are governed by the Tamil Nadu Government Fundamental Rules and not the Maternity Benefits Act .....
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Maternity Benefits to Contractual Employees can't be Denied: Kerala HC(03.01.2019)
Kerala High Court has reiterated that maternity benefits cannot be denied to women employees just because they are contractual employees.
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