abortion

negative DNA report in rape case
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“The purpose of DNA test in rape case is to facilitate the prosecution to prove its case against the accused and merely because the DNA test has a negative report”.

DHC Women Lawyers Forum Public Debate
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The DHC Women Lawyers Forum organised a public debate on granting fathers a veto over abortion decisions with legal luminaries arguing for and against the motion.

Bombay High Court
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“A woman could become pregnant by choice irrespective of her marital status. However, in case of unwanted or incidental pregnancy, the burden invariably fell on the pregnant woman/victim, and she could not be forced to continue it”.

Bombay High Court
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The convict, his wife, and sister-in-law had attempted to convince and pressurise the victim and her mother to not lodge a complaint and get an abortion.

Justice B V Nagarathna
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Justice B. V Nagarathna who is currently serving as a Judge of Supreme Court of India, formerly served as a Judge of Karnataka High Court until her elevation to the Supreme Court. Justice Nagarathna is also the potential contender for the first ever woman Chief Justice of India.

Independence Day
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Celebrating the 78th Independence Day by revisiting the most historical legal achievements of the country

Allahabad High Court
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A woman’s decision in whether or not to go ahead with the termination of her pregnancy is a decision that is to be taken by no one but herself. This is primarily based on the widely acknowledged idea of bodily autonomy. Here, her consent reigns supreme.”

Gujarat High Court
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“Considering the fact that the minor girl is aged about 15 years, and she is mentally challenged, coming from a very low strata of the society and considering her family background as well, in all probability the girl would face a lot of problems in raising the child.”

Bombay High Court
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The Court stated that the petitioner was an adult and was entitled to her sovereign decisions for reproductive autonomy, and the views of her parents or of her partner were not relevant.

mifepristone SCOTUS
Case BriefsForeign Courts

Several pro-life medical associations and doctors challenged the FDA regulations issued in 2016 and 2021 that ensured easy access of mifepristone for termination of pregnancy and sought a preliminary injunction for the FDA to rescind these regulatory actions.

Reproductive autonomy
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Pregnant persons seeking termination of pregnancy seek predictability for their future. The uncertainty caused by changing opinions of the medical board must therefore balance the distress it would cause to the pregnant person by providing cogent and sound reasons.”

14-year-old rape survivor
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Earlier, the Supreme Court has directed the Dean at Sion Hospital to immediately constitute a team for undertaking the medical termination of pregnancy of the minor.

false promise to marry
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Supreme Court: In a criminal appeal filed against the order passed by the Karnataka High Court, wherein the Court allowed the petition

Right to Abortion French Senate
Foreign LegislationLegislation Updates

The aim to enshrine the right to abortion in the French Constitution which gained impetus after SCOTUS overruled Roe v. Wade in 2022 was finally fulfilled with 780 MPs favouring the inclusion.

kerala high court
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The Court also peremptorily directed the parents to ensure that the minor brother against whom allegations were made for impregnating his minor sister was not allowed anywhere near her or to have access to her in any manner.

Kerala High Court
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Considering the fact that various social and medical complications are likely to arise since the child will be born from the girl's own sibling, Kerala High Court found the permission sought for termination of pregnancy to be inevitable.

delhi high court
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The Delhi High Court observed that it was aware of the conflict that plagued women who were torn between societal and familial pressure to bear sons and the emotional stress and moral uncertainty they experienced for not bearing a male child.

Legal RoundUpSupreme Court Roundups

This roundup revisits the analyses of Supreme Court’s judgments/orders on validity of AIBE; ex-communication of Dawoodi Bohras; decriminalisation of adultery; permissibility of DNA test of children to prove allegations of adultery; and more. It also covers reports on the career trajectory & important decisions of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar Dutta and the newly appointed 7 judges of the Supreme Court; Explainers on important law points; and Cases Reported in SCC Weekly in the month of February.

United States District Court, Texas
Case BriefsForeign Courts

While deliberating over the case filed by non-profit abortion funds operating in Texas, the US District Court held that Texas’ Attorney General cannot enforce Texan anti-abortion laws outside the State of Texas

Emerging Dimensions of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act
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by Sanjay Vashishtha†
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 10