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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

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I raise my voice for Adivasis, am I a Traitor?

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A Law to be Just must be imbibed with Justice & Equity: CJI Ramanna

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MLA, HRD Akhil Gogoi to walk free, NIA court discharges him in last UAPA case

Gogoi, who has been in jail since December 2019, is likely to walk free, clear of all terror charges

Justice PB Sawant: A strong voice a social & political conscience

CJP celebrated the extraordinary jurist’s life and legacy with his family and friends on what would have been his 91st birthday

Secularism and the Constitution

On his birth anniversary, we honour Justice PB Sawant by republishing this piece, that was authored by him as a part of the Concerned Citizens Tribunal, Crimes Against Humanity, Gujarat 2002

CJP assists sister Kavitha move SC in Gauri Lankesh murder case

SLP filed opposing dropping of KCOCA charges against key accused, SC issues notice

Indian Police Force: Abusive and tyrannical?

Despite the shocking number of police and judicial custodial deaths, very little seems to have been done about it

Justice PB Sawant: Humanist, rationalist and impeccable jurist

Celebrating Justice PB Sawant’s life, legacy and remembering his prophetic words on his 91st birth anniversary

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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