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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

Unnao: Teenaged Muslim vendor dies after police beating for violating Corona curfew

According to the Unnao police, two police constables have been suspended, charged with murder, a home guard, has been dismissed from service

Barabanki mosque demolition: Cops booked 8 committee members for fraud

Police say those named in the FIR had “fraudulently got a structure in the tehsil premises registered as a Waqf property”

A George Floyd moment in India, I can’t breathe: Delhi HC on oxygen shortage

The HC took notice of the fact that liquid medical oxygen was in short supply, resulting in people scrambling for oxygen cylinders and concentrators

Covid-19: SC stays Allahabad HC order as certain directions were incapable of being executed

SG Tushar Mehta appearing for the state argued that High Court should refrain from passing directions in policy matters, especially when they can have trans-state and even trans-national ramifications

K’taka HC seeks govt’s plan of procuring oxygen and vaccines

The Court also questioned the state government on maintenance of buffer stock of oxygen which was directed by the apex court in its April 30 order

Prisoners have right to access medical records under Article 21: Bom HC

The vacation bench was hearing a petition filed by Sudha Bharadwaj’s daughter for medical attention and interim bail

Goa court acquits journalist Tarun Tejpal in rape case

In 2013, Tejpal was accused of sexually assaulting a junior colleague in a hotel elevator in Goa

Live-in relationships may not be acceptable to all, but not illegal: Punjab & Haryana HC

The court granted protection to a couple in a live-in relationship, ruling that it is not an offence to live together without marrying

Father Stan Swamy to remain in Taloja jail till June 7

The Bombay HC was willing to shift Father Swamy to a hospital of his choice for treatment, but the priest urged only for interim bail

Woman embraces Islam and marries a Muslim, Jammu & Kashmir HC grants protection

She alleged that there was a persistent threat to their life for she converted to Islam and married a Muslim man

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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