High Court gave such a decision on girls, had to take it back within four hours, know the reason

Bengaluru. Tuesday was like a thriller film in the Karnataka High Court. The issue was the ‘menstrual leave’ that women get every month. In the morning, the court gave a decision which shocked the working women, but just before the lunch break, the situation changed. Within just four hours the High Court had to withdraw its decision. After all, what happened in these four hours that the judge had to change his order?

The Karnataka government had issued a historic notification on 20 November. In this, there was an order to give ‘paid menstrual leave’ of one day in a month to women employees of both government and private sectors. But Bengaluru Hotels and Restaurants Association and Avirata AFL Connectivity Systems reached court against this.

No opinion was taken from private companies

When the bench of Justice Jyoti M sat on Tuesday morning, the petitioners argued that the government did not take any opinion from us i.e. private companies before making this rule. There is no provision in existing laws that advocates such leave. The judge asked the question whether their opinion was taken before issuing the notification? When the answer was ‘no’, the court put an interim stay on this order of the government with immediate effect.

Advocate General’s entry

There was a stir as soon as the decision came in the morning. But the real game happened just before lunch. The court was about to get up for lunch when state Advocate General (AG) Shashi Kiran Shetty appeared before the bench. Instead of appealing to the court, he directly said that he wanted to draw the court’s attention to a big mistake. He argued that the stay order given in the morning could go against the old decisions and guidelines of the Supreme Court. He requested the court that instead of forcing the government to go in appeal, the court itself should reconsider this decision.

Decision back in 4 hours
The effect of this intervention of the Advocate General was immediate. After hearing their arguments, the court withdrew its own ‘stay order’ given in the morning. That is, the ban on menstrual leave was lifted. The court said that now this case will be included in the list for Wednesday (tomorrow) and will be heard in detail. The fight for credibility and the example of Bihar: This entire matter has become a matter of concern for the Siddaramaiah government.

where such a decision

1. Karnataka is trying to become the first state in the country which is making this holiday mandatory in the government as well as private sector (malls, IT, shops).
2. Bihar: Although Bihar is the first state in the country which gives two days ‘period leave’ to women every month since 1991, but it is only for government employees.
3. At present, the eyes of the women of Karnataka are now fixed on Wednesday’s hearing, but this ‘4-hour U-turn’ on Tuesday has become the topic of discussion.