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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

No post mortem report, media coverage for the dead in Meerut

Five people had been arbitrarily shot by the police in the wake of anti-CAA clashes in UP

Cops admit IAS aspirant amongst those killed in police firing on CAA protestors

Uttar Pradesh, under the Yogi Adityanath regime has proved to be fatal for people protesting against the divisive CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) and the problematic NRC (National Register of Citizens)

“Made to sit on the bus floor like criminals”: Detained Kerala journalists

Now released, the journalists recount how they were treated inhumanely treated by the police

Undeterred, AMUSU releases Ground Report detailing police brutality on students

The Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) 2018-19 which led the AMU protests released a report titled ‘Protests against Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 and the unleashing of State terror in AMU’giving a timeline of protests and the unprecedented events that followed after. The peaceful protests in AMU started on December 8 which continued until 15 December without any police action.

AMU students ‘expel’ Vice Chancellor and Registrar

The teachers and non-teaching staff support AMU students in their decision after administration failed to protect students from police

Delhi Police detains 18 minors in Daryaganj during anti-CAA protests

The minors were allegedly stripped below the waist and beaten with lathis, belts and denied medical care and lawyers

Lucknow Police detain and assault peaceful protesters, including women

Activist Sadaf Jafar beaten in police custody, septuagenarian protesters kept in detention

Allahabad HC asks UP Govt., AMU admin to file replies regarding police brutality

The HC has given both the parties two weeks to file replies regarding baton charge and tear gas shelling by the police on AMU students

Journalist detained, communally abused and questioned by UP police

Omar Rashid, a correspondent with The Hindu was picked up with his friend and activist Robin Sharma who was beaten up in custody

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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”