Menstrual Benefit Bill, 2017 was introduced allowing woman the right to avail a four-day menstrual leave. Having been rejected by the Ministry of Woman and Child Affairs, the Bill sheds light on gender equality as a contested constitutional value. The benefit of menstrual leaves, when couched in the language of a legitimate legal entitlement, does invoke some furore. The most vehement critics worry about a possible dent to the feminist project, believing that the said policy inevitably bases itself on an assumption which concedes to the women's physical incapacity to work 'at par' with men.