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SC says right to menstrual health a fundamental right; orders free sanitary pads for school girls
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....C says right to menstrual health a fundamental right; orders free sanitary pads for school girls<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 30-1-2026<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday directed....
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.... all states and Union Territories to ensure girl students in private and government schools are provided bio-degradable menstrual sanitary pads for free, and held that the right to menstrual health is....
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.... a part of the fundamental right to life enshrined in the Constitution. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan told states and Union Territories to ensure separate toilets for female and m....
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....ale students in all schools. It also said all schools, irrespective of whether they are state-run or controlled, will have to provide disabled-friendly toilets. "The right to menstrual health is part....
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.... of the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution," the court held. It said that if private schools fail to provide these facilities, they will be de-recognised. The bench also said that it ....
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....would hold governments accountable if they too fail to provide for toilets and free sanitary pads to girls. The top court has reserved its verdict on a PIL filed by Jaya Thakur on December 10, 2024, ....
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....seeking pan-India implementation of the Union government's 'Menstrual Hygiene Policy for school-going girls' in government and government-aided schools for adolescent girls students from Classes 6 to ....
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