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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
Furnishing hard copy of Chargesheet to accused mandatory: Delhi court
The court was hearing a matter related to the Delhi violence of February 2020
Gujarat HC upset with state’s poor track record on protecting forest rights
The court expressed its anguish as to why there has been no progress since its direction 7 years ago
AG KK Venugopal to SC: HC order nothing but drama
The court was hearing a plea challenging the Madhya Pradesh HC’s “rakhi for bail” order
Religious conversion for marriage, disconcerting: Allahabad HC
The court referred to the Special Marriage Act as a solution to people professing different faiths
State cannot act in misogynistic way: Himachal Pradesh HC
The court held that policy excluding married daughters to seek compassionate appointment is discriminatory
Maternity leave no ground for dismissal: SC
The top court supports Delhi HC’s direction of imposing Rs.50,000 on college for unfair dismissal.
SC: Statement to NDPS officers cannot be used as confession, evidence
The 2:1 judgment said that these officers are police officers and so confessions will not amount to admissible evidence
List Varavara Rao’s bail plea at the earliest: SC tells Bombay HC
The apex court noted that every prisoner’s health is important and the State must ensure that.
SC stays Delhi HC order refusing to extend bail of inmates
Earlier this month, the High Court had ordered the end of COVID bail and asked inmates to surrender from November onwards
Police cannot use power to summon to intimidate, harass, threaten: SC
The Apex Court said that it is entrusted with safeguarding the right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under the Constitution.
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