The Chhattisgarh High Court permitted a 14-year-old rape survivor to terminate her pregnancy beyond 28 weeks, holding that forcing her to continue an unwanted pregnancy would violate her dignity, bodily autonomy, privacy and reproductive rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.
The Chhattisgarh High Court held that once a government employee joins a transferred post, they lose any legal right to remain at or return to their previous posting. The Bench clarified that “the appellant has no legal right to remain at his previous place of posting once the transfer order has been implemented.”
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that a contractual Staff Nurse is entitled to maternity leave salary despite her employment status. The court ordered the release of her pending salary during her leave, emphasizing the importance of women’s dignity and the rights of newborns. This ruling reinforces the legal rights of working mothers.
