Hours after the Karnataka High Court stayed the state government’s order mandating menstrual leave for working women, it recalled its order on Tuesday and agreed to hear government’s arguments on Wednesday.

According to LiveLaw, Justice Jyoti M recalled the interim order after Karnataka’s Advocate General, Shashi Kiran Shetty, informed the court that the relief granted was contrary to a Supreme Court judgment and urged the court to reconsider the stay.

Earlier in the day, the HC stayed the government’s notification mandating one-day menstrual leave a month for working women.

The stay was granted by a bench of Justice Jyoti M based on a petition filed by Bangalore Hotels’ Association and Avirata AFL Connectivity Systems.

The petitioners contended that the Karnataka government did not co

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