Chennai (DNA) : In a significant order, the Madras High Court has held that a woman
who had a child through surrogacy is entitled for maternity leave.
The ruling was given by Justice K Chandru while allowing a petition
by a woman employee of the Chennai Port Trust (CPT) seeking to quash an
order of the management rejecting her plea for maternity leave in 2011.
"This
court do not find anything immoral and unethical about the petitioner
having obtained a child through surrogate arrangement," the judge said
in his order.