HC reinstates woman whose contract was terminated for seeking maternity leave
The Hindu
Lamenting the State government’s conduct of terminating a woman employed on contract basis merely because she sought maternity leave, the High Court of Karnataka has observed that “it would be power at wrong hands when men who man such offices become insensitive”.
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