directed to grant maternity
leave to the applicant for the period 01.01.2023 to 16.03.2023
along with the advance maternity benefits as provided under the
Maternity ... Benefit Act, 1961 she is entitled to the maternity leave but
also the payment of maternity benefit at the rate of average daily wage
extent of grant of maternity leave of 180 days. It is true that under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 , a woman is entitled to maternity ... days of maternity leave. Even under Rule 43(1) of Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, maternity benefit has been now enhanced to 180 days
background of these Articles, the Parliament has enacted Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (Act No. 53 of 1961) with a view to regulate the employment ... entitled to maternity leave for certain periods prior to and after delivery. Besides the provisions contained in the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 , a specific provision
even the contractual teachers
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are entitled to grant of maternity benefits for the period the said leave was
duly sanctioned by the authorities ... benefits and that is why it has been
held by the Supreme Court that the benefit of Maternity Benefit Act,1961
should be conferred
least 160 days with the Review Applicant as per Maternity Benefit Act .
Thereafter, the Review Applicant considered Annexure A-4 and rejected
the claim ... minimum of 160 days for claiming the benefit of
maternity leave as per Maternity Benefits Act . Contrary to it,
respondent No. 3/review applicant himself
there and they are entitled to salary for vacation period including maternity leave for female appointments wherever applicable.
IV)Any other relief deemed ... First come, last go. It was also averred that even the maternity benefits are denied to them. The applicants quoted a number of judicial pronouncements
with exploitative terms--such
as fixed tenure, denial of vacation and maternity benefits,
and undertakings not to approach courts--leading to
further legal challenges ... subjected to
discriminatory conditions of service, including denial of
vacation salary, maternity benefits, and arbitrary termination
risks, which have already been held to be unconstitutional
issued by the Chandigarh Administration,
whereby benefit of maternity leave has been put under Maternity
Benefits Act, 1961 , with a further prayer to extend ... manner with the ad hoc appointees, are entitled to the
benefit of maternity leave. It would not be out of place to
mention that
Central Government for
grant of Maternity Leave as well as Child Care Leave to its employees. Maternity
benefit is a social insurance and the Maternity ... Rules
of the Government Orders providing for grant of Maternity benefits and Child Care
leave are applicable to all female employees, irrespective of their nature
Central Government for grant of Maternity Leave as well as Child Care
Leave to its employees.
Maternity benefit is a social insurance and the Maternity ... Rules of the Government Orders providing for grant of Maternity
benefits and Child Care leave are applicable to all female employees,
irrespective of their nature
