In a recent ruling, the Bombay High Court underscored the obligation of employers to display empathy towards pregnant employees, emphasizing the importance of granting maternity benefits. The directive came as the court addressed a case involving the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and a woman, who petitioned against the denial of maternity benefits by AAI.
The division bench comprising Justices AS Chandurkar and Jitendra Jain made this assertion while considering the woman’s challenge to the rejection of maternity benefits, which was based on the assertion that she did not meet the eligibility criteria for maternity leave. The case in hand is Airport Authority of India Workers Union & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr.
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