CJI makes sharp comments on petition seeking Menstrual leave
Babushahi Network
New Delhi, March 13, 2026: Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant today made sharp comments on a petition seeking menstrual leave for women/girls.
Justice Kant said that if we such a law, employers will hesitate to hire women and this will impact their employment. He said that such a law will create a psychological fear or impression among working women that they are less than men. He also said that creating awareness and sensitisation is different but the moment you bring in a law mandating menstrual leave, nobody will hire them (women).