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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
Court asks Delhi Police to probe if attempt was made to shield five accused in NE Delhi violence
Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat had discharged the men accused of being part of a mob that looted a Muslim man's house and a medical store during the riots, due to lack of evidence
Postponing Tripura municipal elections is last recourse: SC
The Supreme Court has asked the Tripura state government to give details of security arrangements in place from polling till counting of votes
High ranking officers’ plea for action against Hate speech unheeded: Zakia Jafri SLP
Petitioners’ counsel argues, “I am not concerned with prosecuting individuals. I deal with issues of polity, of how law deals with men who behaved like animals, when properties were burnt, when women were harassed. I am looking at my Constitution. Can this be allowed under rule of law?”
Gauhati HC asks Centre and Assam State gov’t to indicate stand on funding for Legal Aid
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CJP had moved petition to showcase inadequacy of competent legal aid for people excluded from NRC
SC issues notice in RB Sreekumar espionage case
CBI petition had challenged grant of Anticipatory Bail to the retired Gujarat DGP who was implicated in the 1994 case where he was accused of kidnapping and criminal conspiracy
Conversion approval not required for interfaith marriage registration: Allahabad HC
Court bats for interfaith unions; reiterates consent from family, clan State, not required before marriage between consenting adults of different faiths
Gov’t U-turn in Hyderpora encounter: Bodies of 2 Srinagar residents exhumed, to be returned to families
While the authorities had previously denied requests to return the remains claiming the deceased were militants, the gov't has now reversed the decision in what appears to be a victory for the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration who have also demanded a time-bound judiciary inquiry into Hyderpora killings
Won’t allow Kashmir to be turned into a graveyard: PADG
The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration has demanded a time-bound judiciary inquiry into Hyderpora killings
UAPA is used as preventive detention law, without it being one: Ex-civil servants petition SC
Petitioners point out that abysmally low rates of successful prosecutions show that the Act is arbitrarily used more to quell dissent
Delhi: Police complaint against standup comedian Vir Das for ‘maligning India’s image’
Another police complaint has been lodged against Vir Das in Delhi by one Aditya Jha, said to be a BJP member
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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