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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

Former Calcutta HC judge, DK Basu, passes away

He was also the petitioner in the groundbreaking DK Basu case, that laid down guidelines to prevent custodial torture

Centre defends its vaccine price policy, says overzealous judicial intervention unnecessary

The Centre further submitted that differential pricing is to incentivise private manufacturers to increase production, and attract foreign players

Delhi HC issues notice, not convinced of hoarding allegations against AAP MLA

The High Court has also issued a notice to the Delhi Government

SC sets up National Task Force for oxygen allocation across all States, UTs

The court has also made it very clear, that the Centre is bound to supply 700 metric tons of oxygen to Delhi on a daily basis

UP: Ex-military man alleges physical and sexual assault by Puranpur police!

The man, along with mother and two sisters, was travelling to Likhimpuri for his belated brother-in-law’s last rites, when he was stopped by local police.

Covid-19 has completely exposed Delhi’s medical infrastructure: High Court

The court said that it cannot turn away citizens simply because the State lacks proper medical infrastructure

SC orders re-release of prisoners from jail amid Covid-19 surge

The top court has issued a slew of directions to decongest prisons and ensure facilities for inmates and other jail staff

Allahabad HC not satisfied with DM Meerut’s response over oxygen shortage

The court, however, asked DM (Lucknow) to take action against those hospitals that spread ‘unnecessary panic’

SC dismisses centre’s plea against K’taka HC order for increasing state’s O2 quota

The court observed that it was a well calibrated and well-considered order by the high court and there is no reason to intervene

Gauhati HC seeks data on number of children in prisons in Assam

The court also seeks to know the measures taken by jail authorities to contain the spread of COVID

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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