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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

Prashant Bhushan contempt case: A mute hearing

The hearing was concluded in-camera which no public access to the conversation between the bench and the counsel

Hope probe focuses on real perpetrators of Delhi violence: Prof Apoorvanand

The Delhi University professor was interrogated by the police in connection with the February 2020 riots

Police probe ordered by NHRC into death threats on journalist: Sultanpur rape case

CJP had moved NHRC seeking protection for reporter who had exposed police inaction and possible cover-up in the case

Chief Justice is not the court: Prashant Bhushan responds to contempt notice

Says expressing anguish by highlighting this incongruity and the attendant facts cannot be said to constitute contempt of court

How long will it take to find lawyers to argue NE Delhi riot cases?

Thousands of riot survivors must wait for justice, till the CM-Governor turf war over who can appoint the legal team gets sorted

Chennai Police delete all Youtube videos of a rights group after complaint from BJP ally

The complaint was against one video and the police have arrested four people concerned with the channel, including the owner

Systemic delays in charging accused mean denials of justice & freedom: Delhi lawyers

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Is Delhi Police hiding key information, documents of riot cases?

Lawyers, activists, and factfinding reports, including the official one released by the Delhi Minorities Commission, have alleged that Delhi police refused to fulfil its duty by delaying FIRs in connection with the North East Delhi riots of February 2020

Kerala rapist demands parole to marry survivor; ploy to escape justice?

The former priest had been convicted of raping a minor girl and had allegedly pressured the family to take the case back

Custodial killings in Kerala: Deconstructing facts

A critical inquiry into custodial killings in the state over the last four years

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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”

Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists

Court finds tweets “sexually coloured,” prima facie intended to outrage modesty; directs police probe into X account and devices

From Cow Slaughter to “Public Order”: Allahabad High Court’s expanding use of preventive detention

Through detailed reliance on fear, timing, intelligence inputs, and administrative response, the Court stretches “public order” to justify preventive detention—raising difficult questions about liberty, evidence, and constitutional limits

From FIRs to “Corporate Jihad”: How the TCS Nashik case was transformed from an investigation into a communal narrative

As police probe serious claims of harassment, a parallel story of conspiracy and conversion dominates public discourse