Why Maternity Benefit Available To Adoptive Mothers Only If Adopted Child Is Below 3 Months Old? Supreme Court Asks Centre

The Supreme Court today (November 12) sought response from the Union in a petition challenging the provision of the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 as per which maternity benefits are available to an adoptive mother only if the child in aged below 3 months. The bench of Justices Pardiwala and Pankaj Mithal was hearing a PIL filed by an adoptive mother challenging S. 5(4) of the 2017...