Emphasising the importance of effective implementation, the Court observed that its judgment must not remain ‘only on paper’. It highlighted the impact of inadequate menstrual hygiene on young girls, particularly in remote parts of the country, where menstrual health-related difficulties can lead to girls discontinuing their education.
Granting one final opportunity to comply, the Court listed the matter for further hearing on December 14, 2026, and cautioned that contempt proceedings may follow against the Chief Secretaries of non-compliant States
Appearances
For the Petitioner: Mr. V.V. Gautam, Advocate; Mr. Varun Thakur, Advocate; Mr. Shashank Ratnoo, Advocate; Mr. Ramkaran, Advocate; Mrs. Shraddha Saran, Advocate; Ms. Tanuj Bagga Sharma, Advocate; Dr. M.K. Ravi, Advocate; Mr. Satyam Nandan, Advocate; Ms. Nisha Bharti, Advocate; Mr. Vaibhav Dhuriya, Advocate; Mr. Pranav Tyagi, Advocate; Ms. Kalyani, Advocate; M/s. Varun Thakur & Associates, Advocate-on-Record.
For the Respondents: Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Additional Solicitor General; Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Additional Solicitor General; Ms. Madhulika Upadhyay, Advocate-on-Record; Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Advocate; Mr. Veer Vikrant Singh, Advocate; Mr. Rohit Pandey, Advocate; Mr. Anmol Chandan, Advocate; Ms. Shivika Mehra, Advocate; Mr. S.D. Sanjay, Advocate General; Mr. Rishi K. Awasthi, Advocate; Mr. Piyush Vatsa, Advocate; Mr. Amit Vikram Awasthi, Advocate; Ms. Rita Jha, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Rahul K. Gupta, Advocate; Mr. Abhigyat Chaitanya, Advocate.
Ms. Ankita Sharma, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Arjun D. Singh, Advocate; Ms. Akanksha Kumari, Advocate; Ms. Gargi Vishwakarma, Advocate.
Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, Advocate-on-Record; Ms. Prerna Singh, Advocate; Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Advocate.
Ms. Eliza Barr, Advocate; Ms. Akansha, Advocate-on-Record.
Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Prashant Bhagwati, Advocate; Ms. Neha Singh, Advocate; Mr. Akash Verma, Advocate.
Ms. Shirin Khajuria, Senior Advocate; Ms. Kajal Dalal, Advocate-on-Record; Ms. Swati Tiwari, Advocate.
Mr. Vaibhav Srivastava, Additional Advocate General; Ms. Sugandha Anand, Advocate-on-Record.
Mr. Vishnu Sharma, Advocate; Ms. Madhusmita Bora, Advocate-on-Record; Mrs. Pavitra V., Advocate; Mr. Vaibhav Chechi, Advocate; Mrs. Anupama Sharma, Advocate.
Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Advocate-on-Record.
Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Rajan K. Chaurasia, Advocate; Ms. Sakshi Raman, Advocate; Ms. Silpi S. Swain, Advocate; Mr. Abhijeet Pandove, Advocate.
Dr. Ravindra Chingale, Advocate; Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Advocate; Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Advocate.
Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Karun Shamra, Advocate; Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Advocate; Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Advocate.
Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Standing Counsel; Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Advocate; Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Advocate.
Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, Advocate-on-Record.
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Advocate; Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Advocate; Mr. Prang Newmai, Advocate; Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Advocate.
Mr. Maninderjit Singh Bedi, Senior Advocate and Advocate General; Mr. Karan Sharma, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Rajat Jain, Advocate.
Mr. Basava Prabhu S. Patil, Advocate General for the State of Sikkim and Senior Advocate; Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, Advocate-on-Record; Ms. Yachna Sharma, Advocate; Ms. Arushi Chopra, Advocate.
Mr. Akshat Kumar, Advocate-on-Record; Ms. Anubha Dhulia, Advocate; Mr. Udit Choudhary, Advocate; Mr. Vinayak Menon, Advocate; Mr. Ajay K. Jain, Advocate.
Ms. Rupali Francesca Samuel, Advocate-on-Record.
Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, Advocate-on-Record; Ms. M. Harshini, Advocate; Ms. Lakshita Yadav, Advocate; Mr. Atimukt, Advocate.
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Advocate; Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Advocate.
Mr. Kumar Abhishek, Advocate.
Mr. Nishant Awana, Advocate-on-Record; Ms. Rini Badoni, Advocate; Mr. Suraj Kundu, Advocate; Mr. Amogh Pandey, Advocate.
Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Advocate; Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Advocate; Mr. Varun Chugh, Advocate; Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Advocate; Ms. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Advocate; Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Advocate; Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Advocate; Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, Advocate-on-Record.
Mr. Chritarth Palli, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Manan Takkar, Advocate.
Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Senior Additional Advocate General; Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, Advocate-on-Record; Ms. Sabarni Som, Advocate; Mr. Aman Dev Sharma, Advocate; Mr. Gaj Singh Jaswal, Advocate; Mr. Siddharth Raj, Advocate; Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Advocate.
Ms. Nimisha Menon, Advocate-on-Record.
Mr. Uddyam Mukherjee, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Swapnil Pattanayak, Advocate; Ms. Kratika Kushwaha, Advocate.
Ms. Sanjana Saddy, Advocate-on-Record; Mr. Aman Chaudhary, Advocate.
