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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

Hijab Ban case: Supreme Court pulls up petitioners for seeking adjournment

Supreme Court has set the next hearing date set to September 5

Rectify this horrendously wrong decision: Ex-bureaucrats to SC on remission to convicts in Bilkis Bano case

134 former civil servants under the aegis of Constitutional Conduct Group urge Supreme Court to revoke remission of sentence granted to convicts

UP: 26 booked for holding ‘unlawful’ assembly for namaz at home

Pictures of people purportedly praying inside the house in 'large numbers' at Dulhepur village had gone viral on social media

Bilkis Bano: Hundreds Gather at Jantar Mantar Against Remission of Sentence to 11 Convicts

Protests were held across cities by rights groups, academicians and students.

Delhi Police deny permission to Munawar Faruqui’s show

There were possibilities that the VHP would protest against the show

Remission to Bilkis Bano’s Rapists Offends Gandhi’s Ideas of Swaraj

There are many reasons why the remission in the Bilkis Bano rape-murder cases stand apart. Not least is the need to bring consistency in the State’s words and deeds, and correct arbitary actions.

No Permit required for transportation of cow, its progeny within Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad High Court

Court held that mere transportation of a cow and its progeny within states is not a violation of the UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act

Pegasus case: SC appointed Committee says GoI not cooperating

Committee examined 29 mobile phones and found malware on five devices

Bilkis Bano case: SC issues notice in petition challenging remission of convicts’ sentences

Subhashini Ali, Revati Laul and Prof. Roop Rekha Verma had moved petition demanding cancellation of remission granted

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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”