The Supreme Court delivered key rulings on fundamental rights: it is set to consider Jammu and Kashmir's statehood and it granted relief to a convict by confirming the Juvenile Justice Act applies retrospectively. It also issued notice on the PIL challenging the ban on undertrial prisoners voting under Section 62(5). Elsewhere, the Delhi High Court strongly ruled against private school profiteering, and Karnataka made history by introducing three days of paid menstrual leave across both government and private sectors.
