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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
Zakia Jafri SLP: SIT stands by Magistrate court’s decision
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The SIT submitted that the court should not exercise its jurisdiction in this matter as it would put the criminal justice in a fix.
Anirban Roy Choudhury, editor of Barak Bulletin, accused of Sedition
An FIR has been registered U/S 153 - A, 124 -A, 501 and 505 of Indian Penal Code, for an editorial published on November 28; Choudhury is expected to report to Silchar Sadar Police Station today
Failure to take cognisance of chargesheet does not entail default bail under UAPA: Bombay HC
A closer look at why the court granted bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, but denied it to her eight co-accused in the Bhima Koregaon case
Zakia Jafri SLP: Gujarat gov’t offers no defence, launches smear campaign against Teesta Setalvad
Solicitor General fails to defend State, digs up old cases where Setalvad has either been exonerated or given protection by courts
Muslim man alleges torture in police custody in Bengaluru
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Whitefield) has asked for “a report from the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)” after youth loses arm to infected wound
MEA lashes out against OHCHR comment on Khurram Parvez’s arrest
Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs defends Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, says OHCHR doesn’t understand the security challenges of Jammu and Kashmir
Assam: Prime suspect in AASU leader’s lynching dies mysteriously in custody
Police claim Neeraj Kumar Das died in a road accident while trying to flee while being transported by the police
Zakia Jafri SLP: SIT continues to pat its own back, denies lacunae in investigation
As the SIT continued to make its submissions before the Supreme Court, it pointed out how the findings of the Nanavati Commission were concurrent with its own, including discrediting the petitioner’s main witnesses
Bhima Koregaon case: Bombay HC grants Sudha Bharadwaj bail
The activist had spent three years behind bars and applied for default bail; court rejected bail for eight others
Supreme Court notice to Centre, Tripura gov’t on plea seeking SIT probe
FIRs not registered, not a single arrest, but 41a notices sent to lawyers, UAPA against journalists, Prashant Bhushan tells the Supreme Court
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