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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

Uttar Pradesh: Eight dead in violence at Lakhimpur Kheri, including four farmers after Minister’s son allegedly drives over them

Earlier, Haryana CM had told his followers to “pick up Lathis and “give it back” to the protesting farmers

Supreme Court raps UP, says ‘laxity’ in action against policemen: 2002 encounter killing

Noting that the father of the deceased has been pursuing justice for two decades, a bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose said, “The laxity with which state has proceeded in the present case speaks volumes of how state machinery is defending or protecting its own police officers.”

Haryana: Police use water cannons on protesting farmers in Jhajjar

Farmers allege authorities used "dirty" water, blatantly disregarding their basic human rights

Siddique Kappan not a “responsible journalist”, incites Muslims: UP Special Task force  

The chargesheet alleges that his articles during the anti-CAA portrayed Muslims as victims; Kappan has also been linked to the Delhi violence of 2020

This will take years: Court expresses concern over delay in trial in the Delhi violence case

The court has asked the Police to supply all documents relied upon as evidence to the accused persons, and file replies to only the ones they oppose

UP: NHRC sets up inquiry in minor boy’s death by suicide after spending 3 months in jail

The Commission has questioned whether the police and the court followed proper procedure to determine the juvenility of the young boy. Meanwhile FIR for abetment of suicide has been filed against the policemen

Businessman killed in Gorakhpur hotel raid: Will UP police take action against their own?

Manish Kumar’s autopsy shows injuries on body, head; no arrests made so far, but six cops suspended

Mundra Adani Port: NDPS court orders probe into heroin seizure

The court has directed Directorate of Revenue Intelligence to investigate if Adani Port “gained any benefits”, and question management and officials of port too

Images from Dhalpur: A photo feature showcasing the struggles of evicted families

Our team brings to you these heart-rending images of people as they struggle to put their lives together, even as levelled out spots where their modest homes once stood, still dot a desolate landscape 

Delhi Police fail to start investigating case, even though accused called for riots over loud speaker!

First, police ignored complaint. When the complainant moved Delhi High Court, Police combined the case with two other unrelated complaints

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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