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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
Shaheen Bagh in spotlight in SC, court says protest subject to reasonable restrictions
The court also took cognizance of the death of an infant at the protest
Jamia students allegedly attacked by police, again!
The Delhi police allegedly lathi charged students who were staging an anti-CAA-NRC march to the Parliament.
SC: Amendment to SC/ST Act constitutionally valid
These amendments were enacted to reverse the SC judgment of 2018 which had diluted provisions of the Act
How many Birth Certificates digitized across states: Activist files RTI
Saket Gokhale demands answers from MeitY to gauge extent of document digitization in the run up to the NRIC
Anti-Shaheen Bagh plea to be heard in SC on Monday
SC deferred hearing the plea as Delhi election is scheduled to take place on February 8 and court did not want to influence it.
Illegal and inhuman: Child rights groups condemn Bidar police’s investigation of children
They condemned the interrogation of children and the charges of sedition slapped on parent and authorities
Why no FIR filed against Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma: Court asks Delhi Police
Brinda Karat had moved court after written complaints to SHO and Commissioner failed to elicit any response
Did UP Police lathi-charge women anti-CAA protesters in Azamgarh?
Women were holding Shaheen Bagh style sit-in protest, when male police officers allegedly rained lathis on them
Chinmayanand granted bail, did judge shame survivor?
Allahabad HC order says it was a “complete matter of quid pro quo”, raises questions over survivor’s silence.
Election Commission fires Delhi DCP Chinmoy Biswal
The action by the EC came after repeated incidents of shootings at CAA protesters in the capital
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