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SC rejects plea seeking permission to terminate over 25-week pregnancyThe Supreme Court rejected a woman's plea to terminate her over 25-week pregnancy. It cited a report from AIIMS to deny permission but refu...
SC rejects plea for termination of over 27-week pregnancy, says foetus has fundamental right to liveThe Supreme Court rejected a 20-year-old woman's plea to terminate her 27-week pregnancy, emphasizing the foetus's fundamental right to liv...
Unmarried woman's plea to terminate 28-week pregnancy rejected by Delhi High CourtIn her plea, the woman claimed she got pregnant through a consensual relationship but she came to know about the pregnancy recently. After ...
Supreme Court refuses to allow woman to terminate over 32-week pregnancyThe Supreme Court of India refused to allow a 26-year-old widow to terminate her over 32-week pregnancy, citing the medical board's determi...
Delhi High Court recalls order allowing widow to abort 29-week pregnancyDelhi High Court recalls order allowing termination of 29-week foetus; Centre seeks recall, citing potential survival and right to life of ...
SC tells AIIMS to check authenticity of woman's papers in foetus caseThe Supreme Court has questioned the validity of a prescription provided by a pregnant woman seeking an abortion. The court has directed th...
Woman's right to choose whether to continue pregnancy or not, says HC; allows termination of 32-week pregnancy with foetal abnormalitiesThe woman had approached HC seeking to terminate her pregnancy after a sonography revealed the foetus had severe abnormalities and that the...
Delhi High Court recognises woman's choice to give birth; allows termination of 33-week pregnancyThe judge, while permitting the woman to immediately undergo medical termination of pregnancy, noted that the medical board unfortunately d...
HC allows teen rape victim to terminate 28-week pregnancy, asks AIIMS to preserve foetusThe high court noted the teenage girl was constrained to approach the court in the light of the perception of the authorities that since sh...
Reproductive choice a dimension of personal liberty: Delhi HCJustice Jyoti Singh, while allowing the woman's plea to undergo the procedure, stated that allowing the pregnancy to continue would have a ...
Calcutta High Court refuses abortion of '32 week' foetusJustice Md Nizamuddin on Wednesday observed that the termination could not be allowed due to the advanced stage of pregnancy. A nine-member...
HC permits woman to abort over 24-week pregnancy due to abnormal foetusJustice Prathiba M Singh noted while passing the order that the medical report also stated that there was a risk to the woman during the pr...
SC seeks report from medical board on feasibility of termination of 26-week pregnancySection 3 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 prohibits termination of pregnancy after 20 weeks.
Supreme Court allows plea to abort foetus without skullThe doctors said in their report that there was a "complete absence of brain and skull" of the foetus and survival rate was minimal.
Supreme Court allows woman to abort 26-week foetus due to abnormalitiesA bench of Justice Dipak Misra and M Khanwilkar said the procedure of termination of pregnancy should be carried out "forthwith" at the SSK...
Supreme Court nod to terminate 24-week-old foetus citing medical reasonsA woman had approached the apex court seeking permission to undergo the termination of pregnancy citing abnormalities in the foetus.
- Mumbai abortion case: Niketa Mehta suffers miscarriage
27 weeks pregnant Niketa was rushed to a hospital in suburban Mumbai after complaining of severe pain on Tuesday night.