Supreme Court Rules Two-Child Penalties Outdated Due to Falling Fertility Rate
On November 4, 2026, the Supreme Court of India declared that laws penalizing having more than two children are outdated due to the country's declining fertility rate. The court noted that the original rationale of preventing overpopulation no longer applies, as India's Total Fertility Rate has dropped from 3.02 to 1.9. The judgment was delivered by a Bench led by Justice P.S. Narasimha and called for revisiting the 2003 ruling that upheld such laws.
The Hindu··New Delhi



