A Division Bench of the High Court of Tripura has upheld a single-bench order that a married daughter, who depends on her father's income, is eligible to get a government job in a die-in harness case.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mohanty and Justice S C Chattopadhyay on Tuesday rejected the state government's petition seeking review of the single bench's order on the die-in harness scheme.
A single-bench had earlier said that a married daughter, who depends on her father's income is eligible to get a government job under the die-in harness scheme while hearing five separate writ petitions.
The state government had filed a writ petition before a division bench seeking review of the single bench's order on the die-in-harness scheme.
The division bench rejected the state government’s plea saying depriving the married daughter of die-in-harness benefit is against the spirit of the constitution as well as gender parity.
Advocate Harekrishna Bhowmik, who represented one of the five petitioners, on Wednesday termed the judgment as a victory against gender discrimination.
"We have been able to convince the High Court that a government can’t exclude married daughter from availing the benefit under the die-in-harness case. The court asked the government to reverse its decision by next three months to ensure gender parity”, he said. In 2015, the state government, by a notification, barred married daughters from the die-in-harness benefit.
With PTI inputs.
