The Telangana High Court has ruled that a woman government employee cannot be denied maternity leave for her second pregnancy solely because she gave birth to twins during her first pregnancy, as per a TOI report. The court held that a literal interpretation of the state's two-child norm would defeat the purpose of maternity leave, which is meant to safeguard the health of women employees and enable them to continue in service.
Justice K. Sarath delivered the ruling on Wednesday while hearing a petition filed by Jadi Swarupa Rani, a 35-year-old junior English lecturer at a Telangana government girls' college in Mancherial district, TOI reports.
