Supreme Court of India
Deepika Singh v. Central Administrative Tribunal and Others
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the appellant was entitled to the grant of maternity leave.
Judgment, page 19
From the headnote
Service Law: Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules 1972: r . 43 – Maternity leave – Entitlement to – Female governme nt servant- nursing officer applied for maternity leave on the birth of her first biological child when she had already taken the ben efit of child care leave in respect of the two children born to her spou se from his first marriage – Rejected by the tribunal as also the igh Court – On appeal, held: Independent of the grant of matern ity leave, a woman is also entitled to the grant of child care lea ve for taking care of her two eldest surviving children whether for reari ng or
Authorities it was built on
- 2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2009 Suchita Srivastava & Anr. v. Chandigarh Administration
- 2013 Bad Shah v. Sou.urmila Badshah Goose & Anr
- 2019 K. H. Nazar v. Mathew K. Jacob & Ors.
- 2000 Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Female Workers (muster Roll) and Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 K. Umadevi v. Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
- 2022 Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. & Ors. v. Mr. Deepak Aggarwal & Ors.
- 2023 Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty & Anr v. Union of India
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