Landmark case · Labour Law – II · Semester 4

B. Shah v. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Coimbatore

AIR 1978 SC 12 · Supreme Court of India

Sundays and holidays falling within the maternity period are counted in computing the statutory weeks of benefit.

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Related sections:

Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, 3(c) — Delivery and related definitions
Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, 5 — Right to payment of maternity benefit (26 weeks after 2017)
Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, 12 — Dismissal during absence or pregnancy prohibited