India, Feb. 9 -- A Supreme Court Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan held that menstrual health is a girl's fundamental right, enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, which ensures the Right to Life and the Right to Live with Human Dignity.

The Court held that the right to education is a multiplier right as it enables the exercise of other human rights. The right to education forms part of the broader framework of the rights to life and human dignity, which cannot be realised without access to education.

Inaccessibility of menstrual hygiene management measures undermines the dignity of a girl child and the right to life under Article 21, as life would include all aspects of ordinary human behaviour, and that i...