Odisha government announced a one-day paid menstrual leave policy for all women employees in the state, both in the public and private sectors. The leave is optional and can be taken on the first or second day of the menstrual cycle. The policy is intended to acknowledge women’s physical and...

Rajasthan High Court, in the case of Mukesh Kumar vs. Union of India (S.B.C.W.P No. 13929/2010),on August 13, 2024, overturned a government order that had rejected the referral of an industrial dispute involving a workman. The rejection was initially based on the fact that the workman had been...

Karnataka High Court, in Ms. Tanvi Sinha vs. Internal Complaints Committee Ani Technologies Private Limited (WP 8127/2019), on August 8, 2024, addressed a petition from a woman requesting that the Ministry of Women and Child Development direct ANI Technologies, Ola’s parent company, to...

Supreme Court in Swati Priyadarshini vs. The State Of Madhya Pradesh &Ors. CA No. 9758/2024, on August 22, 2024, reinstated an employee whose employment contract had not been renewed due to alleged unsatisfactory performance and dereliction of duty. The Court observed that the termination...

The Bombay High Court has quashed the transfer order of a woman police sub-inspector, emphasizing the need for her to provide special care for her autistic son. The Division Bench of Justice Makarand Karnik and Justice Valmiki Menezes, in an order dated August 13, overturned the State...