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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

Sudha Bharadwaj bail: SC dismisses NIA plea against Bombay HC order

The trade unionist will now walk free after terms of bail are finalized on December 8

Nagaland killings: Chorus grows for repeal of AFSPA

As death toll rises, everyone from the NNPG to the Nagaland Chief Minister, advocates that the draconian law be no longer allowed to terrorise people in the region

Install CCTVs in police stations: CJP to Assam Police

Memorandum backed by organisations of lawyers, farmers and workers highlights SC directives from a year ago

Zakia Jafri SLP: SIT stands by Magistrate court’s decision

The SIT submitted that the court should not exercise its jurisdiction in this matter as it would put the criminal justice in a fix.

Anirban Roy Choudhury, editor of Barak Bulletin, accused of Sedition

An FIR has been registered U/S 153 - A, 124 -A, 501 and 505 of Indian Penal Code, for an editorial published on November 28; Choudhury is expected to report to Silchar Sadar Police Station today

Failure to take cognisance of chargesheet does not entail default bail under UAPA: Bombay HC

A closer look at why the court granted bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, but denied it to her eight co-accused in the Bhima Koregaon case

Zakia Jafri SLP: Gujarat gov’t offers no defence, launches smear campaign against Teesta Setalvad

Solicitor General fails to defend State, digs up old cases where Setalvad has either been exonerated or given protection by courts

Muslim man alleges torture in police custody in Bengaluru

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Whitefield) has asked for “a report from the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)” after youth loses arm to infected wound

MEA lashes out against OHCHR comment on Khurram Parvez’s arrest

Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs defends Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, says OHCHR doesn’t understand the security challenges of Jammu and Kashmir

Assam: Prime suspect in AASU leader’s lynching dies mysteriously in custody

Police claim Neeraj Kumar Das died in a road accident while trying to flee while being transported by the police

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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