Same Salary, Fewer Duties After Maternity Leave; Delhi HC Awards Rs 10 Lakh The recent Delhi High Court ruling in favor of Rakhi Bisht has shed light on a stark reality: maternity leave protections are often reduced to mere formality.
Employers have long assumed that retaining an employee's salary and title was enough to comply with statutory safeguards, but Justice Sachin Datta's judgment makes it clear: protecting a woman's employment during maternity leave is about more than just keeping her on the payroll.
Bisht claimed she was unfairly relegated from a managerial accounting role to an inferior position in the Treasury Department after returning from maternity leave.