The Supreme Court of India observed that para-teachers cannot be expected to secure children’s education while remaining in unstable employment, stressing that long-term teacher-student relationships require continuity and certainty, while hearing appeals by Jharkhand para-teachers seeking regularization after decades of contractual service.
The Bombay High Court granted maternity pay relief to a doctor and emphasised that working women must not be forced to compromise on motherhood. It said, “a woman striving for self-sufficiency should not have to sacrifice her caregiving role.”
