Supreme Court News | Supreme Court Turns Down Plea On Menstrual Leaves: 'Nobody Will Hire Women'

Mandatory menstrual leave for women could 'adversely impact (their) employment' because employers 'will not hire women if we make such a law', Chief Justice Surya Kant said Friday. Such a law would also 'create a psychological fear or impression among working women... that they are 'less' than men', the Chief Justice argued this morning as the court heard a petition by a lawyer, Shailendra Mani Tripathi, seeking direction to states to frame paid menstrual leave rules. "Creating awareness and sensitisation is different... but the moment you bring in a law mandating menstrual leave, nobody will hire them (women)," he said, warning the petitioner, "You don't know the mindset of employers. They will not hire women if we make such a law."