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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
Zakia Jafri SLP: Petitioners conclude arguments
On the final day of the hearing, the petitioners brought before the court all the material that required investigation and which was ignored by the SIT in filing its closure report
Madras HC expresses “dismay and anguish” as NCERT removes report on gender non-conforming, transgender children
Titled 'Inclusion of Transgender Children in School Education: Concerns and Roadmap', the report was taken down from website within hours of its publishing, allegedly owing to ‘external pressure’
With such evidence, SIT cannot be given certificate of good character: Petitioners in Zakia Jafri SLP
CJP Team -
With only a few more submissions to make, the petitioners until now have pointed out how the SIT failed on aspects like failure to question authorities, failure to record victims’ statements and also demonstrated how the Gujarat High Court had questioned the investigating methods of the SIT which were contrary to law
What keeps the Tharu Adivasis going in their quest for Community Forest Rights?
CJP Team -
Tharu tribes of 20 villages in Dudhwa region of Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh have objected to the rejection of their claims by the district level committee, contending that the committee has no power under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA).
There was evidence for Magistrate to issue process: Zakia Jafri SLP
CJP Team -
The petitioners made counter-submissions to the effect that the SIT did not make any submissions in response to what the petitioners had said before the court, and invoked parts of the complaint that were not urged before the court at all
Muzaffarnagar horror: Two school principals drug and molest 17 girl students!
Under the pretense of practical exams, two principals kept 17 girls overnight in a private school
MP: Bajrang Dal men attack Christian-run school even as students were writing an exam inside!
500-strong mob pelted stones at the building claiming religious conversion of students; only two cops deputed despite school administration's plea for help
Wasim Rizvi converts to Hinduism, continues spewing venom against Islam
Converts at Dasna temple in Ghaziabad, and his name reportedly is "Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi"
Zakia Jafri SLP: SIT stands by Magistrate court’s decision
CJP Team -
The SIT submitted that the court should not exercise its jurisdiction in this matter as it would put the criminal justice in a fix.
December 6: Mathura under thick security blanket as right wing groups had announced ‘plans’
Section 144 of criminal procedure code is in force, and 2000 policemen, besides CRPF personnel, stationed as right-wing groups had announced plans to perform Hindu rituals at Shahi Idgah mosque, install Hindu deity Krishna's idol on December 6
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