Landmark case · Labour Law – II · Semester 4

Neera Mathur v. Life Insurance Corporation of India

AIR 1992 SC 392 · Supreme Court of India

Forcing a woman employee to disclose intimate pregnancy details as a condition of confirmation violates dignity and service fairness.

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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