Author: Tanu Chaudhary

The reimagination of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, in the future-of-work framework An overview of how rethinking the Act revealed its contemporary significance for labour law, gender equity, and social justice. The reimagination of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, in the future-of-work framework constituted an important turning point in my comprehension of labour law as it moves beyond doctrinal confines and cuts into the everyday lives of working women. What initially seemed like an antiquated, welfare-oriented act of the 1960s proved to be a field of living contestation—honed by changing workforce dynamics, constitutional morality, and global labour standards. Through the…