Attendance relaxation for pregnant, nursing women: HC asks MCI, UGC, others to respond
The court issued notices to the Bar Council of India (BCI), Medical Council of India (MCI) and the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) seeking their stands before the next date of hearing on May 28.;
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of the Centre and the University Grants Commission (UGC) on a plea for framing guidelines to relax attendance norms for women who are unable to comply with the same owing to pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal care.
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the ministries of Human Resource Development, Women and Child Development and Social Justice and Empowerment and the UGC seeking their stand on the plea by a lawyer.
The court also issued notices to the Bar Council of India (BCI), Medical Council of India (MCI) and the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) seeking their stands before the next date of hearing on May 28.
The petition by advocate Kush Kalra has also sought setting up of a high-level committee to give recommendations for securing and safeguarding rights of women who are unable to attend classes due to pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal care situations.
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