Right Of A Female To Have A Child At The Pre-employment Stage Can't Be A Compulsion For Employer To Change Selection Rules: Patna HC

Ashok Kini

7 March 2019 1:11 PM IST

“This option to beget a child cannot be converted as a compulsion on the Employer to hold a separate PET after the candidate delivers a child.”

The Patna High Court has held that the right of a female to choose a family life and have a child at the pre-employment stage cannot be a compulsion on the employer to mould the terms and conditions of the selection process. The Division bench comprising of Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Justice Anjana Mishra set aside a single bench order which had allowed plea of Ishika...

Right Of A Female To Have A Child At The Pre-employment Stage Can't Be A Compulsion For Employer To Change Selection Rules: Patna HC

Ashok Kini

“This option to beget a child cannot be converted as a compulsion on the Employer to hold a separate PET after the candidate delivers a child.”

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