In a landmark judgment, the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack has ruled that maternity leave is a fundamental right for female employees and cannot be denied on technical grounds. The court held that denying maternity leave would be an assault on the dignity and fundamental right to life of women employees, guaranteed under Article
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