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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

After furore for slurring women, Ramdev regrets and apologises

Ramdev has sent an email to the effect to the Maharashtra State Commission for Women Chairperson Rupali Chakankar, in response to her missive of Friday demanding an explanation for his utterances within 72 hours.

Imam Bukhari is a sexist: IMSD

Press releaseImam Bukhari is a sexist OK for boys to...

Calling it “improper,” Delhi’s Jama Masjid bans entry of single, unaccompanied women

Putting into practice this objectionable gender driven exclusion, this iconic masjid and monument will impose in India’s capital an unconstitutional practice

Every 11 minutes a woman is killed by partner/family member: UN

The UN chief also said that violence against women is the most pervasive human rights violation and called on governments to push national plans to tackle this scourge

Understanding evolution of Indian abortion law

How the rights to bodily autonomy & free choice have recently been understood to be integral to the right to abortion

Shraddha Murder Case Turns Communal, Right-Wingers Term it Love Jihad

A few BJP leaders and the VHP have portrayed the barbaric murder as part of a larger conspiracy by Muslim youths to target Hindu women.

Why Don’t Women Find Representation in Himachal Pradesh Assembly?

Attitudes have changed in the hilly state. People readily elect women given a chance. But parties refuse to alter the discrimination during ticket distribution.

Woman, partner murdered by her brothers in suspected honour killing in UP’s Baghpat

One of the accused surrendered before Ramala police station and told the officials that he along with his three brothers had killed his sister and her lover Tuesday.

Kashmir’s famous third gender singing sensation Abdul Rashid alias Reshma passes away

Famous third gender Kashmiri Singer Abdul Rashid popularly known as Reshma passed away early on Sunday morning

AIDWA Writes to Parliamentary Panel, Seeks More Time for Views on Personal Law Reforms

The women’s organisation term as “unacceptable” the committee's decision to ask for memoranda concerning entire gamut of personal law within a short period of 21 days.

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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