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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
SIT was only ‘SIT’ting, not investigating: Kapil Sibal in Zakia Jafri SLP
SIT not only failed to look into aspects like police officials concealing important records, but also readily accepted statements of accused without ‘tracking the footprint’ of such statements
Stop persecution of lawyers, citizens against communalism in Tripura: Citizens and Lawyer’s groups
Nearly 700 citizens have signed an online petition by Nagrik Adhikar Manch and All India Lawyers Union, demanding that Tripura Government “stop communal violence” and “stop persecution of lawyers and citizens against communalism”
Hyderabad-based techie arrested for threating Virat Kohli’s infant with rape
Ramnagesh Srinivas Akubathinihad reportedly changed his Twitter handle and pretended to be a Pakistani user
Communal violence is like lava, leaving ground fertile for revenge: Kapil Sibal in Zakia Jafri SLP
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Petitioners highlight key failures of the SIT investigating the instances listed in the Zakia Jafri case before the Supreme Court during hearing in an SLP demanding an investigation
Meghalaya: Eviction imminent for Dalit Sikh families?
State government acquires land on which Punjabi Lane was built; residents who are sanitation workers and their families to be relocated to staff quarters
Edesmetta encounter victims’ families await justice; probe indicates CRPF fired at unarmed innocents
In May 2013, little did the tribals know that as they ventured out to celebrate a festival, they would be fired at, unprovoked, by CRPF personnel
Assam: Day 1 of eviction in Hojai passes peacefully
Families had already vacated the area in the Lumding Reserve Forest after verbal assurance of rehabilitation, though there is no commitment on paper yet
Hate watch: Delhi Police to probe case of man threatening biryani shop worker
Vigilante accused who reportedly introduced himself as Naresh Kumar Suryavanshi, was seen in video spreading communal hate, threatening Muslims but is yet to be arrested
Tripura Police demand suspension of 68 Twitter profiles for comments on communal clashes
Accounts were accused of spreading "distorted" content about the recent communal clashes in the state, some more may have been booked under UAPA
Afghanistan: Bullet riddled bodies of women activists found in Mazar-e-Sharif
Frozan Safi (30), who had taught at a private university in Balkh the northern Afghan province, was one of the victims identified
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