The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday, while allowing a petition, considered the question whether a woman employee, a Language Teacher on contract basis with the government, is entitled to avail maternity leave even if she is engaging surrogate parents to conceive a child? The facts of the case is that the petitioner joined as a Language Teacher on contract basis and is currently posted at Government Senior Secondary School, Showad, District Kullu. The petitioner was blessed with a ba...