Maternity Benefit Act, 1961

Act No. 53 of 1961 34 sections

Text as published by the Legislative Department, from the copy archived on 10 January 2020. Amendments made after that date and before the repeal may be missing; check the official Gazette for them.

Repealed and replaced by the Code on Social Security, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still governs matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides, which is why the judgments below apply it.

6 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• K. Umadevi v. Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
  2025 INSC 78123 May 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  The Division Bench of the High Court held that appellant was not entitled to the benefit of maternity leave.

• National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour (Ncc-Cl) v. Union of India and Ors.
  2018 INSC 24419 March 2018Directions issued
• Bhuwalka Steel Indus. Ltd. v. Bombay Iron & Steel Labour Bo. & Anr.
  2009 INSC 131817 December 2009Dismissed
• Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Female Workers (Muster Roll) and Anr.
  2000 INSC 1298 March 2000Dismissed
• Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India & Others
  1983 INSC 20316 December 1983Disposed of
• Mangalore Ganesh Beedi Works Etc. Etc v. Union of India Etc.
  1974 INSC 1831 January 1974Dismissed