Maternal and Child Health — Landmark Judgments

Landmark Judgments

Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India

1984

This landmark judgment by the Supreme Court expanded the scope of Article 21 (Right to Life and Personal Liberty) to include the right to live with human dignity, free from…

People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) v. Union of India (Right to Food Case)

2001

This case, initiated due to widespread starvation deaths, led to the Supreme Court declaring the right to food as an integral part of the right to life under Article 21. The court…

Suchita Srivastava v. Chandigarh Administration

2009

This case affirmed a woman's right to make reproductive choices as a dimension of personal liberty under Article 21. The Supreme Court held that a woman's decision to carry a…