Child Care Leave is a matter of rights of child- Uttarakhand HC

Tanuja Tolia v. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. (Uttarakhand High Court at Nainital) A full bench of Uttarakhand High Court has upheld the rights of a person working on a contractual basis to have the right of getting child care leave as same as any other regular Government employee.  It was agreed that the child care leave is primarily for the benefit and a matter of right of the child, as a child whose mother happens to be employed on a contractual basis with the Government will have similar needs as any other child. Mere denial of a Child Care Leave (CCL) to a government employee due to...