Amended maternity law benefit not given, Delhi teacher claims in High Court

The Delhi High Court has sought the responses of the Centre and the AAP government on a teacher’s petition alleging that her school has denied her the benefit of the recently-amended maternity law under which leaves have been extended to 26 weeks from 12. Justice V K Rao issued notice to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s Directorate of Education (DoE), the private south-Delhi school and its vice principal seeking their stand on the woman’s plea by October 9, the next date of hearing.