Surrogacy and the laws on maternity benefits
By: Kumar, Alok Prasanna.
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ArticlePublisher: 2017Description: p.10-11.Subject(s): Women
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Economic and Political WeeklySummary: Five high courts across India have uniformly held that women employees who have children through surrogacy would be entitled to maternity benefits in accordance with the rules. How they have arrived at this conclusion is quite different in each case, and each judgment presents different approaches to address this legal question. Beyond the legal question, the approaches must also be closely examined for class biases and paternalistic assumptions about motherhood. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 52, Issue no: 3 | Available | AR114000 |
Five high courts across India have uniformly held that women employees who have children through surrogacy would be entitled to maternity benefits in accordance with the rules. How they have arrived at this conclusion is quite different in each case, and each judgment presents different approaches to address this legal question. Beyond the legal question, the approaches must also be closely examined for class biases and paternalistic assumptions about motherhood. - Reproduced.
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