HC on Pregnancy: Pregnancy Is Not an Illness or Disability, Cannot Be Ground To Deny Government Employment to Women, Says Delhi High Court
The division bench of Justices Rekha Palli and Shalinder Kaur also expressed anguish over the way the RPF and the Central government treated the woman. "It appears that the respondents [Union of India and RPF] have treated pregnancy as though it were a sickness or a disability on account of which women could be ousted from the selection process", the court added.
The Delhi High Court recently said that pregnancy is not an illness or a disability, and it cannot be grounds to deny government employment to women. The court observed while reprimanding the Railway Protection Force (RPF) for denying a pregnant woman's request to defer her Physical Efficiency Test (PET) for constable position. The division bench of Justices Rekha Palli and Shalinder Kaur also expressed anguish over the way the RPF and the Central government treated the woman. "It appears that the respondents [Union of India and RPF] have treated pregnancy as though it were a sickness or a disability on account of which women could be ousted from the selection process", the court added. It also said that motherhood should never and can never be the basis for denying public employment opportunities to women. Samvidhan Hatya Diwas: Delhi High Court Rejects PIL Against Declaration of June 25 As Constitution Murder Day.
Motherhood Should Never Be Basis for Denying Public Employment Opportunities
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