Fifteen years ago, maternity leave was barely a whisper in India’s higher education corridors, a concern reserved for employees, not students. In classrooms, law colleges, medical schools, and universities, the rules were simple and unyielding: miss the mandated attendance, and you lose your seat at the exam table.Today, that landscape is shifting. The question is no longer if students can be granted maternity leave, but whether it is, in fact, their constitutional right. The debate sits at the intersection of reproductive rights, educational policy, and a changing view of what “inclusive education” truly means.
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