Karnataka High Court chuan January 2026-ah state sorkarin registered industrial establishment zawng zawnga hmeichhe hnathawkte tan thla khata ni khat chhung paid menstrual leave pe tura hriattirna chungchanga petition thehluh chu ngaihtuah a remti a. Court chuan hemi chungchang hi “ vantlang mipui tana thu pawimawh tak” tiin a sawi.

Thubuai intanna:

Ni 20, November 2025 khan sorkar chuan Menstrual Leave hman tur chungchang hriattirna a pe chhuak a. Hei hi industrial establishment zawng zawng a a ngheta thawk , contract, leh mi chhawr hrim hrimte a huam a, hei hian hmeichhe hnathawkte hnenah thla khatah paid menstrual leave day ni khat pe turin a hriattir a. He thupek hi Labour law hrang hrang hnuaia registered establishment-te hman tur a ni a, chung zingah chuan Factories Act, Shops and Establishments Act, Plantations Labor Act, Beedi and Cigar Workers Act, leh Motor Transport Workers Act hnuaia mi te pawh a huam tel.

He notification dodalna chu thehluh a ni ta a. Petition hi Bangalore-a hotel-te leh AFL Connectivity Systems Ltd. te’n an thehlut a. An Petition-ah chuan Notification tihchhuah hi labor law engmahah tarlan anih loh thu an sawi a. Dan awmsa chuan hnathawh dan tur, chawlh, hnathawh hun chhung, kar tin chawlh leh a dangte a huam a. Model Standing Orders (Clauses 9 & 10) chuan  chawlh neih dan bik leh ni 10 chhunga casual leave neih dan nen a sawi. Menstrual leave atan hian dan anga ruahmanna a awm loh avangin sorkar chuan executive order hmangin a dah thei lo, tiin an sawi. Sorkarin he notification an pek chhuah hi an thuneihna piah lam a nih mai bakah dan kalh a ni a, Article 14 (equality) a bawhchhiat thu an sawi a. Menstrual leave chu employers’ HR policy-ah dah tur a ni, tiin thubuai thehluttute hian an sawi.

Thubuai ngaihtuahna chungchang:

Ni 9, December 2025 khan Justice Jyoti M chuan an thupek chhuah chu stay order a pe rih a. Hun eng nge maw tih hnuah chuan stay order chuan Supreme Court thutlukna a bawhchhia a ni, tiin Advocate General (AG) chuan a sawi a. AG Shashi Kiran Shetty chuan interim relief chungchangah court-ah amah ngeiin thu a sawi dawn tih a sawi.

Ni 10, December, 2025 khan thubuai ngaihtuah a ni a. Sorkar lam chuan Notification hi sector zawng zawngah hman theih a nih thu an sawi a. India Danpui Article 42 (mihring hnathawh dan) leh 15(3) (hmeichhia tana venhimna bik) in an thlawp thu an sawi a. Khawvel pum huapa hmasawnna kal zel rual a ke penna a nih thu leh Law Commission chuan he thu hi zirchiangin, a fawng vuantu hrang hrangte chu rawn an nih thu an sawi. “A kimchangin kan kalpui ang,” tiin AG chuan a sawi. Thubuai thehluttute chuan sawrkar thuneihna chu an dodal lo va,  hmantir an tum dan chu an dodal zawk thu an sawi a. Menstrual leave chu dan behchhan nei a siam a nih loh chuan hman ngei ngei theih a nih loh thu an sawi.

Sawrkar-in menstrual leave policy chungchanga a sawi:

          • Menstrual leave hi hmeichhiate’n an hnathawhna hmuna thlawpna tha tak an neih theih nan te, mi zawng zawng huapzo, leh intluktlanna tha tak a awm nana siam a ni.

          • Hmeichhiate thla tin thi neih laia an hriselna lama harsatna an tawh loh nan.

          • Thi neih chungchanga thlir dan dik lo tihziaawmna tur te, hriselna tihhmasawnna tur te, hmeichhiate chu zahawm taka hnathawh leh tha taka an zir theih nan te.

          • Policy hi khawvel huap zo leh hun rei tak chhunga thi neih chawlh nei ramte nen a  ruala hmasawnna ni.

Sorkar chuan  Article 14, 15(3), 21 leh 42 in he hriattirna hi a thlawp thu an sawi a. He policy hi dan tha tak a nih thu a sawi a, chutianga hriselna leh thatna tura kaihhruaina siam chuan dan hran a mamawh lo niin an sawi. Policy siam dan chungchangah chuan technical expert-te rawn hnua siam a nih thu leh mipui ngaihdan, dodalna, leh a fawng vuantute inrawnkhawm hnu a siam a nih thu an sawi. State chuan India Danpui nen a inkalh loh thu leh a hman theih thu an sawi(www.jclalnunsanga.in)

(He thubuai Bangalore Hotels Association (R) vs State of Karnataka WP 36659/2025 c/w WP 37122/2025 ah hian thubuai thehluttu tan Adv. Prashanth B. K. a ding a, a leh lam tan AG Shashi Kiran Shetty & AAG Prathima Honnapura te an ding)