India, April 16 -- In February 2025, the Supreme Court of India passed a landmark order in Maatr Sparsh An Initiative by Avyaan Foundation v. Union of India on public breastfeeding. The Supreme Court held that the right to breastfeed, nurse, and undertaken infant-care in public is rooted in both the mother's and child's Constitutional rights. The Court linked this to the child's right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution, read in conjunction with Directive Principles of State Policy - Articles 39(f) (the state's duty to ensure children's health) and 47 (the state's duty to improve nutrition). Simultaneously, it affirmed the mother's constitutional right to breastfeed in public, linking it to maternal health and gender equality.

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