Decoding Supreme Court three Judge bench verdict in 26-week pregnancy case
Supreme Court said that the delivery will be conducted by AIIMS at the appropriate time and the Union Government will bear all the medical costs for the delivery.
Medical Termination of Pregnancy
Know how the Question of abortion versus preterm delivery for unplanned pregnancy led to Supreme Court split verdict
A letter was received by ASG seeking clarification from the Court regarding whether foeticide can be done before termination process since the baby was viable, and that if that was not done, it would be a preterm delivery and not a foeticide.
Medical Board advice against Medical Termination of 29 weeks pregnancy; Gujarat High Court directs Minor Rape Survivor to stay at shelter home till delivery of child
The Medical Board, upon examining the Minor girl, advised not to terminate pregnancy of 29 weeks 05 days and no abnormality was detected by the Psychiatrist.
Gujarat High Court allows Termination of 20 weeks of Pregnancy of Minor Rape Survivor
Gujarat High Court has directed to undertake the medical termination procedure with all due care and precautions.
The Emerging Dimensions of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
by Sanjay Vashishtha†
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 10
Supreme Court strikes balance; 20-year-old pregnant woman’s child to be adopted by couple registered with CARA
The woman lost her father during the Covid-19 pandemic and her mother is unwell. She also has a married sister, 10 years older to her. However, all of them showed their inability to raise the child.
Punjab and Haryana High Court directs Medical Termination of Pregnancy of minor rape victim
Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the writ petition, a bench of Vinod S. Bhardwaj, J., directed the Medical Board to
Supreme Court September 2022| Abortion Rights to all ‘women’; Marital Rape; Pre-sentence hearing of death row convicts; Sidhique Kappan’s bail; Collegium Recommendation; and more
This roundup revisits the analyses of Supreme Court’s judgments/orders on Unmarried persons’ right to safe abortion, Inclusion of ‘marital rape’ under Abortion laws, Journalist Sidhique Kappan’s bail; Constitution Bench’s opinion on Doctrine of Precedents; Reference of question relating to Pre-sentence hearing of death row convicts; Explainers on important law points; Collegium Recommendation; and more
Abortion| Kerala HC allows a 14-year-old girl to get medical termination of her 28-week pregnancy
Kerala High Court: V. G. Arun, J., allowed medical termination of 28-week pregnancy of a 14-year-old girl. The mother of
Madras High Court allows termination of 27+weeks pregnancy of minor child victim of 13 years; Foetus to be preserved for criminal case under POCSO
Madras High Court: Abdul Quddhose, J. permitted the termination of pregnancy of 27+ week of a minor child victim of offence under
Kar HC terminates 24 + week pregnancy of a rape surviving major who was a minor at the time of crime, on the opinion of Medical Board
Karnataka High Court: N S Sanjay Gowda, J., directed the Medical Practitioners to terminate the pregnancy in accordance with the provisions of
Chh HC | Pregnancy which is caused by rape would presume to cause grave injury to mental health of the pregnant woman; Right to make reproductive choices is a dimension of ‘personal liberty’
Chhattisgarh High Court: Goutam Bhaduri, J., allowed the petition and directed termination of pregnancy. The instant petition was filed seeking termination of
Bom HC | Sexually abused by her father, a 13-year old minor girl permitted to medically terminate her pregnancy
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Nitin Jamdar and N.R. Borkar, JJ., permitted the medical termination of the pregnancy of a 13
Bom HC | 16 year old girl, victim of rape, allowed for medical termination of 24 weeks pregnancy; In case child born is alive, all necessary facilities to save its life shall be taken
Bombay High Court: S.C. Gupte, J., allowed medical termination of 24 weeks pregnancy of 16 year old girl victim of rape & sexual