Dr. Jaya Thakur vs. Govt. of India (2026, SC): The Expanding Horizons of Feminists’ Jurisprudence of Fundamental Rights

The present article attempts to highlight the significant development in women-empowerment under fundamental rights by incorporating a new right i.e. Right to Menstrual Health under Art.21.The article presents a timeline development of judicial responses which give a concrete shape to women rights in the supreme charter of India. Furthermore, menstrual health & its connection with education to tender age of girls also facilitates a new emergence of analytical reasoning to Art.21.In this analysis, the approach of the Supreme Court is also examined to provide a clear and lucid reasoning of the basis of such decision.