Air India, a state-owned company, required female flight attendants to retire under three circumstances: (1) upon reaching 35 years of age, (2) upon getting married, or (3) upon first pregnancy. The Court struck the rules down, holding that these requirements constituted official arbitrariness and hostile discrimination.
Women and Justice: Keywords
Domestic Case Law
Air India v. Nargesh Meerza
Supreme Court of India
(1981)
Abortion and reproductive health rights, Gender discrimination