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Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor

Holding that a woman’s choice is paramount under Article 21, the SC affirms that constitutional courts must prioritise dignity, mental health, and bodily autonomy over statutory limits under the MTP framework

Savitri rally to be held in Thane on January 3 for the first time 

The rally, organised by the Mali community, will start from Thane market go via Shivaji market and will end at Court Naka in front of Babasaheb Ambedkar in Thane 

Kabul University Prof Protests Taliban ban on Women’s Education, Tears Up Diplomas on TV

A viral clip shows the professor saying that if his mother and sister can’t study, he doesn’t accept the education system.

Same sex marriage is not an elitist concern: Akkai Padmashali

She wrote a letter to MP Sushil Modi after he opposed same sex marriages in his Parliament speech

IMSD condemns the Taliban’s shutting of university gates to Muslim women

IMSD unequivocally condemns the blatantly misogynist decree of Taliban...

Dalit minor allegedly gang-raped multiple times in Karnataka; 4 booked

The incident came to light when police were informed that a 6-month pregnant minor girl was admitted to a hospital

A gender-neutral oath by Kudumbashree irks Islamic outfits: Kerala

The portion of the pledge that stated that a female member of a family should have equal property rights over her father's property, was opposed by the Nasar Faizi Koodathayi, a prominent leader of Samastha Kerala Jam-Iyathul Qutba Committee

Prominent Iranian actress Mitra Hajjar arrested for supporting Anti Hijab protests

Thousands of people were arrested in connection with the protests, including senior artists, politicians and athletes.

Students cut hair in protest against moral policing in Kerala

Students stated that the protest was held to express solidarity with the students who suffered the moral policing attack

Centre returns Saurabh Kirpal’s file to Collegium for the 5th time

If elevated as judge, he will become India’s first openly gay judge

M’tra Govt moves HC against MAT Order directing inclusion of Transgenders in police recruitment

In a controversial response to the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal to facilitate the employment of transgenders into the state police, the Maaharashtra Govt has approached the Bombay HC to reverse the order

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Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor

Holding that a woman’s choice is paramount under Article 21, the SC affirms that constitutional courts must prioritise dignity, mental health, and bodily autonomy over statutory limits under the MTP framework

Malegaon 2006 Blast Case: Bombay High Court rejects NIA’s ‘alternate narrative’, holds prosecution built on contradictions and inadmissible evidence

Holding that “diagonally opposite” narratives by investigative agencies cannot sustain a trial, the Court finds the NIA’s case rooted in retracted statements, hearsay material, and a legally impermissible reinvestigation—bringing the prosecution to a “dead end”

Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists

Court finds tweets “sexually coloured,” prima facie intended to outrage modesty; directs police probe into X account and devices

From Cow Slaughter to “Public Order”: Allahabad High Court’s expanding use of preventive detention

Through detailed reliance on fear, timing, intelligence inputs, and administrative response, the Court stretches “public order” to justify preventive detention—raising difficult questions about liberty, evidence, and constitutional limits

From FIRs to “Corporate Jihad”: How the TCS Nashik case was transformed from an investigation into a communal narrative

As police probe serious claims of harassment, a parallel story of conspiracy and conversion dominates public discourse