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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

Plea in Bombay HC seeking FIR against BJP MP Sujay Patil for illegal procurement of Remdesivir

The plea states that political figures are encashing the pandemic for their vote bank at the risk of lives of many patients

SC seeks medical records of jailed journalist Siddique Kappan

Kappan’s wife Raihanth, wrote to the CJI that he was chained to a hospital bed like an animal and was not allowed to use the bathroom

Lulled into a false sense of security only to be hit by tsunami of infections: Madras HC

The court has strictly directed the authorities to follow Covid-19 protocol during elections and not follow “VIP culture”

Preventive detention is “jurisdiction of suspicion”: Kerala HC

The Court held that following due procedure as laid down under the Constitution was imperative in preventive detention as otherwise, the detention would get vitiated as the same violates the rights of the detenu.

Delhi violence: “Police on wrong side of law”, Court calls out Delhi police for incorrectly clubbing FIRs

The Sessions Court observed that that in Delhi riots cases there was complete lack of supervision of the investigations by the senior police officers of the District

Circulate decision that Covid+ result not mandatory for hospitalisation: Delhi HC to Gov’t

The AAP government had issued a circular on April 23 stating that hospitals need not ask for positive Covid results if patient shows Covid symptoms

Acute shortage of oxygen attributable to State inaction, Amicus Curiae moves Madhya Pradesh HC

The HC had already issued directions for Covid management but the serious condition compelled the AC to file an application

Election Commission officers should probably be booked for murder: Madras HC

The court slammed the EC officials for allowing election rallies amid the deadly pandemic and failing to ensure Covid-19 protocol

We have ensured nobody was left without oxygen in the country: Centre to Delhi HC

The court was hearing another oxygen shortage plea filed by Maharaja Agrasen Hospitals; matter adjourned to April 26

Kotkapura police firing case: HC gives clean chit to Badals, notes the investigation suffered from malice

It held that the conclusion that people protesting desecration of their holy book were sitting peacefully when the police started firing, was incorrect

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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