Law & Justice

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

Saharanpur Violence Continues: Yogi government suspends DM, SSP

Mayawati, Congress accuse Yogi Adityanath's government of failure to...

“The ‘no triple talaq’ clause in nikahnama is no use. SC must declare it unconstitutional”

The question around which this writer’s consistently advocated argument...

Scathing report on rights violations in India by US-based coalition of NGOs

The report released at a briefing in WashingtonThe Alliance...

A ‘Surrender’ Under Challenge: The Case of Podiyam Panda, Chhattisgarh

Photo Courtesy: Scroll.in‘Like a drum, we’re beaten on both...

Two Killed after Dalits Brutally Attacked in Chandpur and Bahupura Villages, Saharanpur

Brute violence was unleashed allegedly by sword wielding Thakurs...

Smriti Irani fake degree case: Delhi HC calls for papers

The Delhi High Court has called for all records...

Trending

Related VIDEOS

ALL STORIES

ALL STORIES

Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 19-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30

Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30

UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts

At least ten districts of Uttar Pradesh have witnessed widespread women led protests against the hasty, untested installation of pre-paid smart metres that women claim have been programmed to run fast to “inflate” electricity bills

As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly

While the incident reportedly took place on April 26, it took sectional media and social media coverage for the Bareilly police to finally admit that the beating to death of Maulana Tausif Raza Manzari was a targeted attack, not an accident on May 1; his wife provided details of a call to her from the dead cleric where he narrated he was under attack

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”