Deepika Singh vs Central Administrative Tribunal

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2022 Supreme(SC) 834

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, A. S. BOPANNA
Deepika Singh – Appellant
Versus
Central Administrative Tribunal – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Akshay Verma, AOR Ms. Sushma Verma, Adv. Ms. Savita Dhanda, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, ASG Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, Adv. Ms. Alka Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Anmol Chandan, Adv. Mr. Anukalp Jain, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sudarshan Rajan, AOR Mr. Mahesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ramesh Rawat, Adv. Mr. Hitain Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Rohit Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Gupta, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal arises from a judgment dated 16 March 2021 of a Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.

3. The appellant was, at the material time, working on the post of Nursing Officer in the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research¹[“PGIMER”] at Chandigarh since her appointment on 25 November 2005. On 18 February 2014, the appellant married Amir Singh. The spouse of the appellant was married before his marriage to the appellant, but his former wife passed away on 16 February 2013. From his first marriage, he has two children, a male child born on 1 February 2001 and a female child born on 3 March 2005. The appellant filed an application on 4 May 2015, requesting the authorities at PGIMER to enter the names of the two children born from the first marriage of her spouse in the official service record.

4. The appellant had her first biological child on 4 June 2019 from her marriage. On 6 June 2019, she applied for maternity leave for the period from 27 June 2019 to 23 December 2019 in terms of Rule 43 of the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules 1972.²[“Rules of 1972”] The authorities at PGIMER soug

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2022 Supreme(SC) 834

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, A. S. BOPANNADeepika Singh – AppellantVersusCentral Administrative Tribunal – Respondent

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, A. S. BOPANNA
Deepika Singh – Appellant
Versus
Central Administrative Tribunal – Respondent