In order to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, States Parties shall take appropriate measures To prohibit, subject to the imposition of sanctions, dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or of maternity leave and discrimi nation in dismissals on the basis of marital status To introduce maternity leave with pay or with companyparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances To encourage the provision of the necessary supporting social services to enable parents to companybine family obligations with work responsibilities and participation in public life, in particular through promoting the establishment and develop ment of a network of child care facilities To provide special protection to women during pregnancy in types of work proved to be harmful to them.
2000 2 SCR 171 The Judgment of the Court was delivered by SAGHIR AHMAD, J. Female workers muster roll , engaged by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for short, the Corporation , raised a demand for grant of maternity leave which was made avialable only to regular female workers but was denied to them on the ground that there services were number regularised and, therefore, they were number entitled to any maternity leave.
