Health & Environment
Supreme Court rules two-child population policies now outdated
The Hindu2h
THE BRIEF
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The Supreme Court declared that laws penalizing parents for having more than two children have lost relevance due to India's falling fertility rate.
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A bench led by Justice P.S. Narasimha stated that the demographic transition toward an older population makes these restrictive policies unconstitutional.
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The court ruled that linking reproductive choices to political eligibility violates Article 21 and urged a revisit of its 2003 Javed judgment.