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BREAKING |Denying Maternity Benefits To Adoptive Mothers Of Children Above Three Months Unconstitutional: Supreme Court

6+ hour, 23+ min ago  (284+ words) The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 17) held that'Section 60(4) of the Social Security Code, 2020, which allow maternity benefit to an adoptive mother only if the adopted child is less than 3 months of age, is unconstitutional. The provision earlier held that this…...