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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

SC, once again, seeks DLSA intervention to ensure that under trials unable to provide surety are released from prison

A failure to provide bail bonds or surety is a common occurrence leading to many under trials languishing in jails, despite securing bail

Is the Centre overreaching itself in returning Collegium recommendations, again?

The Centre has, in the recent past, cherry picked recommendations and has defied the norm of approving reiterated names

Centre returns Saurabh Kirpal’s file to Collegium for the 5th time

If elevated as judge, he will become India’s first openly gay judge

“Every Indian citizen has the duty to prevent abuse of the Constitution”: Justice KM Joseph On Constitution Day

Defending the core values enshrined in our Constitution is the duty of every Indian citizen, said the fourth in seniority judge of the Supreme Court

Must take serious steps against ‘forced’ religious conversions: Centre Tells Supreme Court

In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the Centre has stated that it is aware of the grave issue of “forced conversions”

60 cops, a Dalit man on horseback in his wedding procession and a happy bride

The cops even gave the newly-wed couple Rs. 11,000 in cash as a wedding gift

Delhi High Court directs Delhi Police to handover keys of Markaz Nizamuddin to Maulana Saad

Delhi High Court grills Delhi Police for continuing with its restrictions at Markaz Nizamuddin premises since March 2020, says the case was registered under Epidemic Diseases Act.

“Only accommodation of differences can promote Unity in Diversity”: Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Constitution Day

India’s 50th Chief Justice also emphasized that the people of India, in their interaction with one another, must "breathe life into the Constitution" by practising the democratic ideals of equality, liberty, and fraternity

Banda BJP MP RK Singh Patel gets one year in jail for 2009 protest case

Patel then with the Samajwadi Party when the BSP was in power was found guilty of leading a protest that “went beserk”; 18 others got lesser punishment

“It frustrates the whole system”: Supreme Court voices deep anguish against Centre sitting over Collegium recommendations

For the third time in recent weeks, the Supreme Court today minced no words in expressing anguish towards Centre for sitting over proposals reiterated by the Collegium for appointment as judges.

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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