Denying Child Care Leave To Mothers Can Force Women To Leave Workforce: Supreme Court Issues Strong Remark

The Supreme Court on Monday made a strong remark wherein it highlighted the fact that the equal participation of women in the workforce is a matter of Constitutional duty and denying a woman – especially mothers with differently abled children – childcare leave (CCL) violates this Constitutional duty.

“Child Care Leave subserves an important Constitutional objective where women are not denied an equal opportunity in the workforce. This (a denial of CCL) may compel a mother to leave the workforce and it applies to a mother more who has a child with special needs,” the Court said, reported Bar and Bench.