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24-week pregnancy allowed to be terminated on ground of danger to life and certain inability of fetus to survive extra uterine life(16.01.2017)
Petitioner No.1 approached this Court under Article 32 of Constitution of India seeking directions to Respondents to allow her to undergo medical term.....
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Appointment to not be denied solely on account of pregnancy(01.02.2016)
Appointment of a woman to the Army Medical Corps cannot be denied solely for her being pregnant, Punjab and Haryana High Court held. The matter arose .....
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Amendment of MTP Act comes into force: Medical Termination of Pregnancy can now be done up to 24 weeks.(26.09.2021)
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 came into force w.e.f 24th September, 2021 bringing a relief to certain categories of women.....
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Allahabad HC Orders Medical Examination of Minor Rape Victim Carrying 16 Weeks of Unwanted Pregnancy(09.09.2022)
Allahabad High Court has ordered a medical examination of a 12-year-old rape victim who is presently carrying 16 weeks of unwanted pregnancy and has a.....
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Kerala High Court Denies Medical Termination of Pregnancy for 14 Yr. Old(06.12.2023)
Kerala High Court while denying permission for medical termination of pregnancy to a 14-year-old minor girl who was almost nine months pregnant.
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Delhi HC Rejects Twenty Year Old’s Plea For Medical Termination of Twenty Eight Week Pregnancy(06.02.2024)
Delhi High Court while dismissing a plea moved by a 20-year-old unmarried woman seeking medical termination of her pregnancy of 28 weeks has observed .....
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Bombay HC Turns Down Plea To Terminate Rape Victim’s Pregnancy(15.06.2017)
Bombay High Court has refused relief to a 26-week pregnant rape victim seeking permission for termination of pregnancy.
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CIVIL - Calcutta HC Allows Woman to Terminate 29-week Pregnancy(19.02.2019)
Calcutta High Court has permitted a 42-year-old woman to terminate her 29-week pregnancy because her foetus was diagnosed with Down Syndrome
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Bombay High Court: Matrimonial Discord 'No' Reason For Permitting Termination of Pregnancy(16.07.2018)
Bombay High Court has held that matrimonial discord cannot be considered as a reason for permitting termination of pregnancy by invoking provisions of.....
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Bom. HC Criticizes Maharashtra Govt. for Opposing Termination of Pregnancy of Unmarried Woman(08.10.2024)
Bombay High Court has criticized the Maharashtra Government for opposing medical termination of pregnancy of an 'unmarried' woman on the ground that t.....
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SC: Wife Conceiving Out of Forced Sex Can Seek Abortion Under MTP Act(29.09.2022)
Supreme Court while observing that rape must be held to include ‘marital rape’ for purpose of Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, has held tha.....
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MP HC: Minor Rape Victim Allowed to Terminate Pregnancy of 28 Weeks(29.07.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed a minor rape victim to terminate 28 weeks pregnancy and observed that conscious decision has been taken by the g.....
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Kerala HC Allows Woman Separated from Husband to Terminate 21-Week Pregnancy(27.09.2022)
Kerala High Court while permitting a woman claiming to be separated from her allegedly abusive husband to terminate her 21-week-old pregnancy, has hel.....
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Bombay High Court Orders Constitution of Medical Boards for Medical Termination of Pregnancy(04.01.2022)
Bombay High Court has directed the state Government to forthwith constitute medical boards based on the Amended Act on medical termination of pregnanc.....
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Utt. HC: Joining in Service Cannot Be Denied to Woman on The Ground of Her Pregnancy(27.02.2024)
Uttarakhand High Court has held that a woman who has been selected for a service, cannot be denied joing for the reason that she is pregnant.
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Allahabad HC Allows for Termination of Pregnancy of 14-Yr Old Rape Victim(16.09.2021)
Allahabad High Court has allowed the termination of pregnancy of a 14-year old girl noting that she was a victim of rape who was carrying an unwanted .....
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Bombay HC: Unwanted Pregnancy can Harm Mental Health(05.09.2016)
Bombay HC, while observing that forcing woman to carry on with unwanted pregnancy amounts to causing grave injury to her mental health, has directed a.....
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Kerala HC Allows Termination of 28 Week Pregnancy of 14 Year Old Rape Survivor(22.08.2022)
Kerala High Court while allowing a Writ Petition that was filed to terminate the 28 week old pregnancy of a 14 year old rape survivor has held that co.....
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SC grants liberty to terminate 24 weeks pregnancy in order to save life of pregnant woman(25.07.2016)
Medical Board constituted for examination of Petitioner recorded a clear finding, that the risk to the petitioner of continuation of her pregnancy, ca.....
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Delhi HC: Rape Victim Must be Produced Before Hospital Within 24 Hours for Conducting MTP Procedure(10.08.2023)
Delhi High Court while issuing guidelines for dealing with cases of medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) of victims of rape, has stated that Investi.....
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Centre Notifies Amendments to Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 and Insurance Act, 1938(30.03.2021)
Centre has notified amendments to Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and Insurance Act. Both these amendments received the assent of the President o.....
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Kerala High Court Permits 10 Yrs Old Rape Survivor to Medically Terminate 30 Weeks Pregnancy(11.03.2022)
Kerala High Court has come to the aid of a 10-year old girl who was allegedly sexually abused by her father, by permitting her to undergo medical term.....
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Allahabad High Court Permits Minor Rape Survivor To Terminate Pregnancy(22.07.2019)
Allahabad High Court has allowed a minor rape survivor considering the trauma that the minor rape survivor may face if she has to give birth to a chil.....
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MP HC:Depending on Facts, Wife Terminating Pregnancy without Husband Consent may be Termed as Cruelty(02.09.2024)
The Madhya Pradesh High Court while upholding a family court's order dissolving the marriage of a couple, has observed that depending on the "facts of.....
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Supreme Court Grants Relief to Bihar Woman, who Missed Police Test Over Pregnancy(07.10.2019)
Supreme Court has granted relief to a woman seeking to participate in a physical evaluation test for employment in Bihar Police as she could not atten.....
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Allahabad HC Allows Termination of 23 Week Pregnancy of 12 Year-Old Rape Survivor(14.09.2022)
Allahabad High Court while allowing Writ Petition that was filed before it to terminate the 24-week-old pregnancy of a 12-year-old rape survivor, stat.....
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Karnataka HC Allows Woman to Terminate 31 Week Pregnancy Due to Multiple Abnormalities in Foetus(22.11.2019)
Karnataka High Court has permitted a 24 year old woman to terminate her 31 week pregnancy after it was found that the foetus had multiple abnormalitie.....
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Rajasthan High Court: Fully Developed Foetus Has Right to Life Under Article 21 of Constitution of In(25.01.2024)
Rajasthan High Court while denying minor rape survivor to terminate thirty one weeks pregnancy has held that fully developed foetus has the right to l.....
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Supreme Court Permits 24-Week Pregnant Woman to Terminate Pregnancy(17.01.2017)
Supreme Court, while coming to rescue to a 24-week pregnant woman facing danger to her life due to abnormality in foetus, has granted her permission t.....
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Delhi HC Allows 16 Yr Old to Terminate Pregnancy After Hospitals' Refusal Over No Police Complaint(23.09.2022)
Delhi High Court while allowing immediate termination of pregnancy of minor girl has directed the Centre to ensure that the procedure is done at the n.....
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Delhi HC: Mother's Choice & Quality of Child's Life Deciding Factors in Case of Fetal Abnormalities(06.12.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that the ultimate decision in the pregnancy cases involving fetal abnormalities are to recognize the choice of the mother, a.....
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CIVIL - Pregnancy of Candidates Not Reason to Change Selection Rules: Patna HC(07.03.2019)
Patna High Court has observed that right of a female to have child at pre-employment stage can't compel employer to mould terms and conditions of sele.....
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Delhi HC Directs AIIMS to Constitute Medical Board for Examining 25 Weeks Foetus Abnormalities(04.01.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the Medical Superintendent of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to constitute a board for examining the co.....
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Telangana High Court: 12-Year-Old Rape Victim Allowed to Terminate 26 Weeks Pregnancy(08.07.2024)
Telangana High Court has allowed a twelve-year-old rape victim to terminate twenty-six weeks pregnancy on the ground that if the victim is forced to c.....
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Punjab & Haryana HC Allows HIV Positive Woman to Terminate 18-Week Pregnancy(23.03.2018)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has permitted an HIV positive woman to terminate her 18-week-long pregnancy.
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Kar. HC Issues Guidelines to be Followed for Early Detection of Pregnancy in Minor Rape Survivors(15.12.2023)
Karnataka HC while issuing guidelines for early detection of pregnancy in minor rape survivors, has observed that by the time wish for termination of .....
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Del. HC to LNJP Hospital: Don’t Disclose Identity of Minor Girl Seeking Abortion in Report to Police(02.05.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed Medical Superintendent of LNJP Hospital to not disclose identity details of a 14-year-old, who is seeking termination of.....
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SC grants liberty to terminate 24 weeks pregnancy in order to save life of pregnant woman(25.07.2016)
Medical Board constituted for examination of Petitioner recorded a clear finding, that the risk to the petitioner of continuation of her pregnancy, ca.....
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SC: Married Couples Must Take Adequate Timely Precautions to Avoid Unwanted Pregnancies(12.10.2023)
Supreme Court while allowing the medical termination of pregnancy of a married woman observed that it is expected of married couples to take adequate .....
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Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Termination of 31 Week Pregnancy(06.09.2021)
Kerala High Court has held that when a Medical Board opines that the termination of pregnancy may result in a live baby and that the foetal abnormalit.....
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Madras HC Allows Termination of Pregnancy of 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor(07.05.2018)
Madras High Court has allowed the termination of pregnancy of a 14-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped five months ago.
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Rajasthan HC Allows Termination of Sex-Worker's Pregnancy, Deeming Her Akin to Victim of Rape(13.04.2020)
Rajasthan High Court has allowed the plea of a forced sex-worker to abort her foetus treating her mental agony to be equal to that of a victim of rape.....
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Kerala HC: Freedom of Pregnant Woman to Make Choice Regarding Continuance of Pregnancy(19.08.2021)
Kerala High Court has ruled that the freedom of a pregnant woman to make a choice regarding the continuance of her pregnancy cannot be taken away. It .....
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Delhi HC Permits Minor Rape Survivor to Terminate 26 Weeks Pregnancy(21.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has permitted a minor victim of sexual assault to terminate her pregnancy of 26 weeks old pregnancy. The Court highlighted that in ex.....
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Madhya Pradesh High Court Allows Minor Rape Victim to Terminate 27-Week Pregnancy(23.10.2019)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed an 11-year-old rape victim to terminate her 27-week pregnancy. The Court directed that the termination of pregna.....
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Del. HC: Woman Has Right To Say 'Yes' Or 'No' To Being Mother In Rape Cases(27.01.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that denying a woman the right to medical termination of pregnancy in sexual assault cases, would amount to “denying her.....
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Order to Terminate Pregnancy of Minor Rape Survivor, Recalled by Supreme Court(30.04.2024)
Supreme Court has recalled its earlier decision of allowing a minor rape survivor to terminate twenty-eight weeks of pregnancy after health-related co.....
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Delhi High Court Lets Teen Rape Survivor Terminate Pregnancy Despite Warning(05.12.2018)
Delhi High Court has allowed a 16-year-old rape survivor, who was 22 weeks pregnant, to terminate her pregnancy even after the medical board constitut.....
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Del. HC to Police & Medical Board: Explain Pros & Cons of Abortion to Rape Victims in Mother Tongue(06.11.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed Police and Medical Board that in cases of medical termination of pregnancy in rape cases, the pros and cons of the medic.....
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MP High Court: Minor Denied Permission to Terminate 28-Week Pregnancy(25.07.2024)
MP HC has denied a minor to terminate 28- weeks pregnancy and observed that in view of the medical report given by the Board coupled with the fact tha.....
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P&H HC: Conception of Pregnancy Post Tubectomy Not Medical Negligence(21.07.2020)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the doctor performing tubectomy, at the time of child delivery, cannot be attributed medical negligence me.....
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MP HC: Necessary that Allegation of Rape be Proved for Medical Termination of Pregnancy(08.09.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that it is not necessary that the allegation of rape be proved before Section 3 of the Medical Termination of Pregn.....
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Gujarat HC Denies Permission to Rape Survivor for Terminating Pregnancy(13.09.2016)
Gujarat HC has denied permission for termination of pregnancy of a 14-year- old rape survivor, citing medical reports which said the 28-week foetus is.....
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Karnataka High Court Permits Alleged Rape Victim to Abort 24 Weeks+ Pregnancy(14.12.2021)
Karnataka High Court has permitted an alleged rape victim to medically terminate her pregnancy which crossed the stipulated 24-weeks period, stating t.....
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Orissa High Court: Time of Essence in Matters of Medical Termination of Pregnancy(19.11.2021)
Orissa High Court, while refusing to allow a gang-rape survivor to terminate her over 26-week pregnancy, has noted that time is of the essence in matt.....
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MTP Cases: Expert Opinion Must be Given by Medical Professional Without Fearing Legal Repercussions(08.07.2024)
Delhi High Court has observed that medical professionals must give their expert opinion without the fear of legal repercussions in matters where legal.....
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Delhi High Court Permits Termination of Minor Rape Victim's 24-week Pregnancy(07.02.2020)
Delhi High Court has allowed termination of 24-week pregnancy of a minor rape victim, after a medical board set up by the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital s.....
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Rajya Sabha Passes Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020(17.03.2021)
Rajya Sabha has passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020, in light of the need and demand for increased gestational limit an.....
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Calcutta HC Allows Medical Termination of Approximately 35 Weeks Old Foetus(18.02.2022)
Calcutta High Court has allowed termination of 34 weeks 6 days old foetus of a woman after taking into consideration that there are remote chances of .....
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Ker. HC: Termination of 27 Weeks Pregnancy Citing Foetal Abnormalities Permitted(07.05.2024)
Kerala High Court has allowed a married couple to terminate pregnancy that reached 27 weeks of gestation after the medical board observed that the foe.....
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Bombay HC Refuses to let College Student End Pregnancy(02.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a 20-year-old woman seeking to terminate her pregnancy claiming it would have a detrimental effect.....
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Orissa HC Refuses Termination of Mentally-Challenged Rape Survivor's Pregnancy(24.09.2020)
Orissa High Court has refused to allow the termination of the pregnancy of a physically and mentally-challenged rape survivor.
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Delhi HC: Pregnancy Out of Consensual Relationship Can’t be Terminated After 20 Weeks(18.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that an unmarried woman, whose pregnancy arises out of a consensual relationship, is clearly not covered by any of the Claus.....
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Del. HC: Don't Disclose Identity Of Minors Seeking Termination Of Pregnancy In Report To Police(24.01.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to issue a circular directing that the identity of a minor girl, who is seeking medical termination.....
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Bombay HC Allows Termination of 23-Week Pregnancy for 16 Year Old Sexual Assault Survivor(14.05.2021)
Bombay High Court has allowed a 16-year-old survivor of sexual assault to terminate her 23-week-old pregnancy in a petition moved by the father of the.....
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Kar. HC Directs Hospital to Consider Medical Termination of 13 Yr Old Rape Victim's Pregnancy(14.11.2022)
Karnataka High Court has directed a hospital in Bengaluru to examine a 13 year old rape victim and consider terminating her pregnancy of 25 weeks.
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Rajasthan HC: Unwarranted Pregnancy from Rape Causes Grave Injury to Victim's Mental Health(20.06.2022)
Rajasthan High Court while allowing a rape survivor to medically terminate 18 weeks pregnancy has held that the anguish caused by an unwarranted pregn.....
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Kerala HC: Social Stigma No Reason to Transgress Statutory Prohibition for Termination of Pregnancy(08.11.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that economic backwardness or possibility of social stigma can’t be a ground for transgressing the statutory prohibition pr.....
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Karnataka HC Allows Woman to Terminate Her 25 Week Pregnancy(04.05.2020)
Karnataka High Court has allowed a plea filed by a 32-year-old woman seeking to terminate her 25 week pregnancy, due to anomalies in the foetus.
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Kerala HC Permits Termination of 15-Week Pregnancy of Mentally Challenged Rape Victim(27.07.2021)
Kerala High Court has permitted termination of an over 15-week pregnancy of a mentally challenged rape victim citing that it was in her best interests.....
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Consider Full Term Pregnancy for Own Safety: Bombay HC to Woman(10.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has directed a woman seeking to terminate her 30-week pregnancy, to consider completing term for her own medical safety after follow.....
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Bombay HC Asks Medical Board's Opinion After Rape Survivor Seeks Termination of Pregnancy(13.04.2020)
Bombay High Court has directed the medical board at Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandrapur to give an opinion regarding arrangements that.....
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Bombay HC: Women Entitled to End Pregnancy Regardless of Reason(21.09.2016)
Bombay HC has held that scope of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act should extend to "mental health" of a woman and she should be "allowed to opt ou.....
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Bombay HC: Can't Force Rape Victim to Mother a Child(01.07.2022)
Bombay High Court while allowing termination of a 16 weeks' pregnancy of minor who was victim of sexual abuse and was in custody for a crime under Sec.....
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Karnataka High Court Permits Alleged Rape Victim to Abort 24 Weeks+ Pregnancy(14.12.2021)
Karnataka High Court has permitted an alleged rape victim to medically terminate her pregnancy which crossed the stipulated 24-weeks period, stating t.....
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Doctor can Terminate Pregnancy Exceeding 20 Weeks Without Permission if Mother in Danger: Bombay HC(05.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has held that a registered medical practitioner may medically terminate pregnancy which has exceeded 20 weeks, without permission fr.....
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Bombay HC Grants Liberty to Woman to Undergo Medical Termination of Pregnancy(18.08.2021)
Bombay High Court has granted liberty to a woman to undergo medical termination of her pregnancy, who was alleged suffering from domestic violence rep.....
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CIVIL - Calcutta HC Allows Woman to Terminate 29-Week Pregnancy(19.02.2019)
Calcutta High Court has allowed a 42-year-old woman to terminate her 29-week pregnancy since the foetus was suffering from Down Syndrome.
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Plea to Terminate 30 Weeks Pregnancy Dismissed, SC Talks About Right to Life of Child in Womb(16.05.2024)
Supreme Court while dismissing a petition to terminate thirty weeks of pregnancy on the ground that there were neither foetal abnormalities diagnosed .....
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Delhi HC: Centre Asked to Issue Instructions Regarding Identity of Victims in MTP Cases(11.09.2024)
Del. HC has directed Director General, Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to issue suitable instructions to a.....
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Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021 Comes Into Force from September 24(27.09.2021)
Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021, has come into force with effect from 24th September 2021. The amendment inter alia modifies Se.....
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All. HC: Decision of Continuation or Termination of Pregnancy is Up to the Woman(25.07.2024)
All. HC while hearing a case of a 15 years old pregnant rape victim, has opined that a woman's decision in whether or not to go ahead with termination.....
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Kerala HC: Rape Survivors Eligible for Medical Termination of Pregnancy(16.11.2016)
Kerala High Court has held that a rape survivor is eligible for Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) as unwanted pregnancy is a threat to her life.
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Delhi High Court Directs AIIMS to Constitute Medical Board Within a Day to Decide on Termination(24.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued directions to the Medical Superintendent, AIIMS, to immediately constitute a medical board and examine the feasibility of .....
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J & K HC Allows Minor Rape Victim to Medically Terminate Pregnancy of 26 Weeks(13.08.2020)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has permitted a minor rape victim to terminate her pregnancy of 26 weeks on grounds that pregnancy was likely to cause gr.....
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Delhi HC Allows Plea Seeking Termination of 23 Weeks Old Pregnancy(15.07.2020)
Delhi High Court has allowed the plea moved by a woman seeking termination of her 23 weeks old pregnancy on the ground of abnormalities and co-morbidi.....
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Mad HC: Don’t Disclose Minor’s Name in POCSO Report for Abortion Arising Out of Consensual Relations(18.08.2023)
Madras High Court has held that where a minor approaches a doctor for medical termination of pregnancy arising out of a consensual sexual activity, it.....
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Ker. HC: Declining a Rape Victim to Terminate Pregnancy Violates Right to Live With Dignity(06.05.2024)
Ker HC has observed that declining permission to rape victim to medically terminate her unwanted pregnancy would amount to forcing the responsibility .....
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Delhi HC: Denial of Sex During Pregnancy is No Ground for Divorce(07.11.2016)
Delhi High Court has said that denial of sex by a woman during her pregnancy is not cruelty towards her husband entitling him to get divorce on that g.....
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