Indian Economy·Key Judgments

Population — Key Judgments

Updated 7 Mar 2026

Key Judgments

Javed v. State of Haryana

2003

This landmark judgment upheld the constitutional validity of Section 175(1)(q) of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, which disqualified persons having more than two living…

Suchita Srivastava & Anr. v. Chandigarh Administration

2009

While not directly about population control, this case is crucial for understanding reproductive autonomy and the right to make reproductive choices, which are intrinsically…