In a significant judgment upholding compassion and dignity, the Madras High Court came down heavily on a Judicial Magistrate who had rejected a maternity leave application solely because the applicant had conceived before formalizing her marriage. Calling the decision “inhuman” and “archaic,” the Court quashed the rejection and awarded ₹1 lakh in compensation for the
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