New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, December 9, put brakes on the Congress-led government's notification mandating one-day menstrual leave a month for working women. The high court has also demanded the state government's responde on one-day menstrual leaves to women.

The November 9 notification made provision for one-day paid menstrual leave per month to women employees aged between 18 and 52 years. The rule was to apply to every woman working in permanent, contractual and outsourced jobs.

On December 2, the government had ordered the granting of one day of menstrual leave every month to female government employees of the state with immediate effect.

The notification covered all industries and establishments in t...