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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
Kashmiri Pandit organisation files curative petition in SC
Roots in Kashmir seeks probe into the killings of Kashmiri Pandits in 1989-90
UP: Jaunpur police allegedly flog Dalit women
Visual show women bearing reddened welts on their bodies but police say medical reports does not show any trauma
Karnataka HC refuses to drop rape charges against husband
“If it is punishable to a man, it should be punishable to a man albeit, the man being a husband,” observed the court
Delhi Violence case: Dr. Umar Khalid denied bail in UAPA case surrounding larger conspiracy
After deferring the bail order thrice, Delhi court denies bail to the scholar and socio-political activist
12 people died in police custody in 2021: Assam CM
Over a span of seven months, more than 60 incidents of custodial violence were reported last year
Delhi HC asks for Centre’s opinion on declaring the Child Marriage ‘void ab initio’
Court issues notice to Ministry of Law and Justice and National Commission for Women
UP Police harassing journalist Ashish Dixit?
The local journalist alleged that the police have filed fake FIRs against him due to his work as a journalist in the area
Gujarat HC rules on PASA Act, claims Preventive Detention untenable
In a landmark judgement, the court quashed the order of detention
SC questions Centre about man held in a Detention Centre for 7 years!
The 62-year-old man’s life was left in limbo after Pakistan refused to acknowledge him as its citizen
Gauhati HC stays order to register FIR against Assam CM for inflammatory remarks about eviction drive
Himanta Biswa Sarma had said that the Darrang eviction drive was revenge for the 1983 Assam agitation
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