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In a decision towards social change, the Rajasthan High Court said that every person has the right to fully enjoy all human rights. A single bench of justice Anoop Kumar Dhand ordered the authorities to consider modifying the service record of a person who was assigned the female gender at birth. Notably,  a person who had been assigned female at birth and later underwent gender reassignment surgery (GRS) and changed.

In a relief for the makers of "The Kerala Story", the Kerala High Court, dismissed the plea filed against the release of the film. In a petition, the petitioners demanded a ban on the film, saying the story, claiming that 32,000 women of Kerala were converted to ISIS terrorists. However, the Kerala High Court refused to entertain the plea, leading to a safe zone for the release of the film. 

In a notice, the Delhi Court restrained all the media houses and publications to not publish anything about the chargesheet in the Shraddha Walker-Case. The order came after the Delhi Police moved the court, demanding restrictions to media houses, and asking for copies of the chargesheet. The police said the case chargesheet is not a public document. The controversial murder of Shradha Walkar by her boyfriend is under investigation.

A Goa bench of Bombay Court reviewed a peition and gave a historic judgement, saying a daughter has rights on their ancestral property. The court said, even if a daughter is given dowry, she doesn't lose rights on the family property.The court declared that the Plaintiff has an undivided right in the same and permanent injunction restraining the Defendants from transferring or conveying the said property, in the peitition.

The Supreme Court (SC,) reviewed a petition filed by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction, against the ECI decision. However, in a major setback to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction, the Top Court, refused to put stay on the ECI decision of giving the 'bow & arrow' symbol to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction. In the hearing, the SC bench allowed the SS name with flaming torch.