In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a provision that restricted maternity leave for adoptive mothers to cases where the adopted child was below three months of age. The court held that such a limitation was unconstitutional and violated fundamental rights, reported news agency PTI.

SC calls adoption part of reproductive autonomy

A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan observed that adoption is an integral part of reproductive autonomy and must be treated on par with biological parenthood. The court emphasised that the right to form a family is not limited to childbirth and includes adoption as an equally valid path, reported PTI.