The Uttarakhand High Court passed an order denying maternity leave to women in government jobs in case they have a third child. the government's rule to not provide maternity benefits in case of a third child violates Article 42 of the Constitution of India and Section 27 of the Maternity Benefit Act. The government challenged the order of the single bench by filing a special appeal and contending that the petitioner could not claim benefits of the maternity act as she already had two children and could not be granted maternity leave for her third child in consonance with the "second provision of the fundamental rule 153". On this edition of the big picture analyses the norms of having a third child.