Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 199 · Decided 12 October 1977
B. Shah v. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Coimbatore & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 199 · [1978] 1 S.C.R. 701
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1649/1975
- Decided
- 12 October 1977
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, JASWANT SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 42; Industrial Disputes Act Section 33C(2)
Headnote
Interpretation of social security legislation for women-Duty of the court. Right to payn1ent of maternity benefit~Connotation of the term "week" in sub. ss. (1) and (3) of s. 5 read with ss. 2(1), 3(n) and 4 of the Maternity Benefits Act (Act Lill of 1961). Whether computation of the si1;11ifying a cycle of' seven days including a Sunday or a cycle of seven days minus a Sunday which A B is a wageless day-Paragraphs I and 2 of Art. 4 of Convention 103 of Maternity Protection Convention (Revisecf) 1952 adopted by the General Conference of the C International Labour
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