The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the age limit on maternity leave for adoptive mothers. It held that Section 60(4) of the Social Security Code, 2020, violated the right to equality and the right to life under Articles 14 and 21. The provision had restricted the benefit to mothers adopting a child below three months of age, which the court found impractical and discriminatory. Adoptive mothers will now get 12 weeks of maternity leave regardless of the child's age at adoption. The court also asked the government to consider paternity leave as a social security benefit.