Section 60(4) of Social Security Code putting age limit for adoptive mothers to avail maternity benefit is unconstitutional

Hamsaanandini Nanduri Vs Union of India & Ors (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court held that section 60(4) of the Social Security Code, 2020 putting an age limit of three months on the age of the adoptive child, for the adoptive mothers to avail maternity benefit is violative of Articles 14, and 21 of the Constitution respectively. Accordingly, the petition stands allowed. Facts- The petitioner, who is an adoptive mother of two children, has filed the present petition under Article 32 of the Constitution in public interest, seeking a declaration to the effect that Section 5(4) of the Ma...