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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

Death of Covid patients due to oxygen shortage is not less than genocide: Allahabad HC

The Court observed stories that went viral on social media showing poor citizens begging for oxygen cylinders

Karnataka HC slams Centre for not increasing oxygen quota despite state’s request

The court heard the petitions a day earlier than scheduled considering the shortage of oxygen being reported across the state

Jharkhand HC question state on 4-year delay in construction of 500-bed facility, warns of contempt

The court pointed out to the state government that the oxygen cylinder could be utilised elsewhere if the oxygen plant of 5000MT capacity was built in time

Use extraordinary powers meant for extreme situations, monitor drug prices: SC

On April 30, while dealing with myriad other issues, the court also focused on black marketing of drugs and the shortfall of Remdesivir drug widely used in Covid treatment

Bom HC issues notice in Fr. Stan Swamy’s bail plea; grants liberty to appear before vacation bench

The bench orally remarked that Fr. Stan was certainly entitled to bail while hearing Senior Advocate Mihir Desai’s submissions

Bhima Koregaon case: Bom HC seeks State’s response in Shoma Sen and Rona Wilson petitions

The court has posted the hearing for the petitions on June 16, while State has sought time to file response

Show cause why contempt action should not be taken for failing to supply oxygen to Delhi: HC slams Centre

The Bench noted that the Centre has still not supplied the allocated quantity of oxygen to Delhi, despite SC and HC orders

In the battle of shifting responsibility of supplying oxygen, citizen’s life cannot be jeopardised: SC

The top court had directed the Centre to rectify the oxygen shortage supply in Delhi by May 3

Manipur HC orders safe passage for 7 Myanmarese to seek protection under UNHCR

 They had fled to India in February, fearing persecution as a result of the military coup that banned their media service, detaining many journalists  

SC refuses to restrain media from reporting HC oral remarks in EC plea

The apex court also defended the high court judges while observing that they are working late nights and they are overwhelmed and asked EC to take the HC comments in the right spirit

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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