Legal actions that can be taken if an Indian company terminates a Pregnant Woman
In any case a company cannot terminate a women if she is pregnant. Pregnancy is a natural process and no one has been a right to terminate a lady if she has only asked advice on the maternity benefit policies in a company. As per Article 14, Right to equality and Article 21 - Right to Life , every female has a right to continue with her services along with paid maternity leaves. But in case of contractual based service, some companies are taking undue advantage of exploiting the condition of a pregnant lady. The act done by the company has not only violated the fundamental rights but as violated many rights as mentioned below: 1. Human rights - Human rights means the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India as stated in section 2(d) of human rights act 1993. 2. Violation of right guaranteed under Maternity benefit act 3. Violation of right guarant